Wozniacki books Safina date

Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki beat former world number one Amelie Mauresmo 7-6 6-3 in the semi-finals of the Madrid Open.

France's Mauresmo, a veteran now at 29 and twice a grand slam winner, failed to serve out the opening set when leading 5-4, wasting two set points, and slumped to a 7-1 defeat in the tie-break.

The pair swapped breaks at the start of the second set before Wozniacki stepped up a gear in the sixth game to break again for a 4-2 lead.

Mauresmo saved one match point with a blistering backhand winner but sent a forehand long on the next one to hand Wozniacki a place in Sunday's final.

The 18-year-old is on course to become the first Danish woman to break into the top 10 when the rankings are updated on Monday.

Safina win

Fresh from her victory in the Italian Open last week, Russian world number one Dinara Safina crushed Swiss Patty Schnyder 6-4 6-2 in Saturday's other semi-final.

Safina broke the 30-year-old Schnyder's serve to love in the opening game and raced into a 3-0 lead.

Schnyder broke back immediately as errors started to appear in Safina's game, but the Russian ultimately had too much power for the Swiss veteran and three more breaks had her serving for the match at 5-2 in the second set.

She wrapped up victory on her second match point when Schnyder fired a forehand return wide.