Safina defeated Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-4 to set up a semifinal meeting with unseeded Flavia Pennetta.
Pennetta pulled off the event's biggest surprise by ousting defending champion and former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Saturday's other semifinal will send Elena Dementieva against Svetlana Kuznetsova. Dementieva got past former Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 and Kuznetsova defeated Gisela Dulko 6-3, 6-2.
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