Kunitsyn and Jankovic secure Moscow titles

Unheralded Igor Kunitsyn upset former world number one Marat Safin 7-6 6-7 6-3 in an all-Russian Kremlin Cup final to clinch his maiden title yesterday.

Earlier, world number one Jelena Jankovic overpowered Vera Zvonareva 6-2 6-4 in the women's final to win her third title in a row.

Kunitsyn, the world number 71, broke in the sixth game of the final set to take a 4-2 lead. The 27-year-old, playing in his first ATP final, held his nerve and sealed victory by firing his seventh ace past Safin on his first match-point.

Safin, seeded seventh and bidding to claim his first title in almost four years, reached the final without hitting a ball when his semi-final opponent, German Mischa Zverev, withdrew with illness on Saturday.

The big Russian has not tasted success since winning the Australian Open in January, 2005.

Jankovic, making her debut in Moscow, broke Zvonareva twice to take the first set in just over half an hour.

The in-form Serbian, who also beat the Russian on her way to winning titles in Stuttgart and Beijing in the past two weeks, led 4-2 in the second but allowed the seventh seed to break back to level at 4-4.

The top seed, however, earned another break in the ninth game before going on to clinch victory after 81 minutes when Zvonareva overhit her forehand on match-point.

Stockholm Open final: Nalbandian bt Soderling 6-2 5-7 6-3.

Vienna Open final: Petzschner bt Monfils 6-4 6-4.