The 20-year-old Belgian easily beat France's Amelie Mauresmo in the final to pick her ninth title of the year.
The Belgian beat Martina Hingis 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to enter the semifinal of the Australian Open
World number one Serena Williams stepped up her bid for a third Paris Open title by reaching the semi-finals with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Emilie Loit on Friday. The American, winner here in 1999 and 2003, next plays Olympic champion Elena Dementieva after the Russian saw off another Frenchwoman, Nathalie Dechy, 6-3, 6-2.
The Belgian world number one beat Amelie Mauresmo to keep the Eastbourne International title.
Unseeded Safarova will take on Russian Nadia Petrova, who beat holder Amelie Mauresmo of France in the other semi-final.
Andy Murray says he is playing better than when he won Wimbledon in 2013 and after the last few weeks, it would be no surprise if he repeats that historic feat next month.
The Parisian crowd has adopted the 22-year-old Russian as one of theirs.
The Belgian advanced to the German Open semi-finals with a 6-4, 7-6 victory over Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Amelie Mauresmo pummeled Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-2 in the semi-final of the Qatar Open.
Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the third round in Miami
Sania Mirza lost to Tatiana Golovin 6-4, 6-2 in the second round at the Open Gaz de France
The 22-year-old Moscovite beat Amelie Mauresmo in the final.
Lindsay Davenport beat Russian Anna Chakvetadze 6-3, 6-3 to reach the final of the New Haven Open
Images from ladies singles final of the Wimbledon championships on day XII at the All England Club in London.
The American reached the milestone after beating Amelie Mauresmo in the final of the Amelia Island tournament.
Agassi polished off former world number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-3, 7-6, 6-4 to reach the U.S. Open fourth round.
The embarrassing sight of empty seats - particularly in the corporate boxes - will linger in the mind after this year's French Open.
The Swiss top seed begins his quest for a record-equalling fifth consecutive men's singles title against Teimuraz Gabashvili, while second seed Rafael Nadal meets American Mardy Fish.
Rafael Nadal thrashed Frenchman Florent Serra, while Justine Henin beat Russia's Olga Poutchkova in the second round of the Australian Open.
The Belgian rallied from the brink of defeat to beat Amelie Mauresmo in the final of the Romes Masters.
She pulled out of the Fed Cup semi-finals against the US as she is not fully fit.\n
Serena Williams and Justine Henin fought off nerves and tricky conditions in their first-round matches at the Australian Open.
The victory helped the Russian secure the eighth and final berth in the WTA's Tour Championships.
The 23-year-old Federer dominated the men's game this year, winning 11 titles including three Grand Slams and the Masters Cup.
Roger Federer, Michael Schumacher and Tiger Woods are all in the running for a third Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award.
Czech Lucie Safarova stunned world number five Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-3, 6-4 to set up a semi-final clash with Belgium's Justine Henin at the Paris Open on Friday.
With Justine Henin-Hardenne withdrawing from the Grand Slam, Maria Sharapova was elevated to the top spot.
The Russian faces unseeded Slovak Daniela Hantuchova in the semi-finals of the Zurich Open.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo and third seed Maria Sharapova also marched on with straight-sets victories at the US Open.\n
World number ones Roger Federer and Amelie Mauresmo face potentially tricky Czech opponents in the fourth round of the French Open on Sunday
This year's WTA championships pays the winner $1 million, equalling the largest prize in women's sport.
Russian Dinara Safina remained on course to retain her title, taming France's Virginie Razzano.
The Indian ace dropped two places to be ranked 34th in the WTA rankings
Martina Hingis of Switzerland climbed 232 places to number 117 after reaching the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
The loss of the top two seeds was another huge blow to the Advanta Championships which has already seen the withdrawal of Venus and Serena Williams.
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