Roger Federer declared himself "very satisfied" after stunning world number one and clay court king Rafael Nadal in front of his own fans to win the Madrid Masters today and claim his first title of 2009.

Going into the match, Swiss ace Federer had won 57 career titles, including 13 grand slam crowns, but was without a tournament success since winning on home soil in Basle last October.

Since taking his first title in 2001, Federer had never gone the first four months of the year without winning a tournament - until 2009.

However, that barren spell came to an end today as Federer took the attack to Spanish superstar Nadal before recording a 6-4 6-4 victory in one hour and 26 minutes.

"I served well, mixed it up well and took all the right decisions today. In the end it looked quite comfortable out there for me, so it was a perfect win for me. I'm very satisfied," said Federer, who agonisingly lost in five sets to Nadal in the final of the Australian Open earlier this year.

"I've had some bad losses this year in terms of the way I've played but I've felt this win has been coming for a few weeks so I am very pleased," added the Swiss.

Federer's triumph also ended a remarkable run of success on clay for top seed Nadal, who was unable to repeat his heroics from last night's semi-final against Novak Djokovic when he fought back from the brink to win a gruelling battle 3-6 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 (11/9) in four hours and three minutes, saving three match points along the way.

That victory over Djokovic was Nadal's 33rd successive win on clay stretching back over a year, while in total the Majorcan had won 150 of 154 matches on dirt since 2005.

That astonishing record was not to help the 22-year-old today though as second seed Federer defeated him for only the second time in 10 meetings on clay and ended his wait for a title.

Nadal, who will go in search of his fifth successive French Open crown starting next Sunday, insisted his marathon match against Djokovic had not affected his performance today.

"Playing four hours was not a problem for today," he said.

"Roger was much better than me and deserved to win today."

Earlier in the women's final, world number one Dinara Safina clinched her second title of the year after overcoming Danish teen sensation Caroline Wozniacki.

Top seed Safina, following on from her success in Rome last week, was simply too good for number nine Wozniacki and powered her way to a 6-2 6-4 win.

The 22-year-old Safina, who had never before played Wozniacki either in a match or even in practice, said: "I think the match was pretty good, I was feeling very confident from the beginning of the match.

"I was trying to play as aggressively as I could and put her under pressure.

"I got a little bit tired by the end of the match but even at the crucial moments I was dominant.

"It was quite a close match because I gave her some chances and there were some chances I didn't take. I might have been in trouble if she'd taken them," added Safina, playing her fifth final of 2009.

The consolation for Wozniacki, who failed to take any of her five break points in the final, is that she will become the first Dane to enter the top 10 of the world rankings when the new list is released tomorrow.

The 18-year-old, who last year became the first Danish player to get into the top 20, has now set her sights on the number one position.

"That's my goal," she said. "I take it one step at a time and now I'm top 10 so I have nine spots left to go."