World No.7 Dinara Safina clinched the 2008 Olympus US Open Series women's title after winning her second consecutive Series tournament Sunday at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

The 2008 Roland Garros finalist will now compete for $2.5 million at the 2008 US Open. If she wins the US Open she will get $1.5 million for winning the tournament and a $1 million bonus for winning the US Open and the Olympus US Open Series. (source: Sony Ericsson WTA Tour)

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Russia’s Dinara Safina, seeded seventh, won her second successive tournament with a 6-2 6-1 victory over Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Before, Safina usually lost in the first round of a tournament following the one she won, but now she has managed to claim back-to-back titles.

The Russian was never in trouble in the final against Cibulkova, the 19-year-old who defeated four seeded players on her way to the championship match in Montreal: No.10 Elena Dementieva, No.12 Nadia Petrova, No.2 and soon-to-be top-ranked player in the world, Jelena Jankovic, and No.10 seed Bartoli.

The Rogers Cup title is world No. 8 Dinara Safina’s third of the 2008 season. (source: Reuters, photo via Yahoo)

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Seventh seed Dinara Safina and unseeded Dominika Cibulkova are the finalists at the 2008 Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Slovakian Cibulkova came back in her rain-interrupted semifinal against Marion Bartoli to defeat the Frenchwoman 4-6 6-4 6-3. In the other semifinal, Safina beat 11th-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-0 2-6 6-3.

World No.31 Cibulkova defeated fifth-seeded Elena Dementieva, 12th-seeded Nadia Petrova, second-seeded Jelena Jankovic and now the 10th-seeded Bartoli to reach her second career WTA Tour final. Safina, on the other hand, is enjoying one of the most productive runs of her career. (photos: Getty Images)

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Dinara Safina confidently defeated Flavia Pennetta 6-4 6-2 to clinch her second title of the year.

The fourth-seeded Russian, who ended Jelena Jankovic’s run to No.1 spot in the rankings by defeating her in the previous round, totally dominated Pennetta’s serve, breaking her six successive times.

With this victory French Open runner-up Safina has climbed to a new career-high ranking of No.8. (source: Reuters, photo via Great Tennis Photos)

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Dinara Safina stopped Jelena Jankovic’s quest for No.1 spot defeating the Serb 7-6 6-1 in the East West Bank Classic semifinals. Safina will face Italian Flavia Pennetta in the final.

If top-seeded Jankovic had won the tournament she would have occupied Ana Ivanovic’s No.1 spot in the rankings, but always-injured JJ lost the first set in the tie-break after which Safina quickly took the second set and completed her victory. "In the second set, I couldn't go anymore. My legs were shaking a little," said the world No.2 who entered the LA tournament with a left knee injury.

No.10 seed Pennetta will play her first Tier II final which she reached by overcoming Bethanie Mattek 3-6 6-2 7-5 in the final four. (source: BBC, photos: Getty Images)

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