August 23, 2006	Wednesday	Rajab 27, 1427

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MONTREAL, Aug 22: Serbia's Ana Ivanovic trounced former world number one Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-3 in the rain-delayed Montreal Cup final on Monday to capture her first Tier 1 title.

The 13th-seeded Ivanovic set the tone by breaking Hingis's serve in the first game and never looked back. She also broke the Swiss in the fifth game before wrapping up the set.

In the second set, Ivanovic recorded a key break in the seventh game and closed out the match in 58 minutes when Hingis dropped her serve again in the final game.

The 18-year-old Ivanovic's only other final appearance was when she won the low-key Tier 1V event in Canberra, Australia in early 2005.

Hingis, champion in Canada in 1999 and 2000, was contesting her third final since making her comeback at the beginning of the season following a three-year hiatus.

The tournament was plagued throughout by no-shows, withdrawals and injuries, with rain then forcing postponement of Sunday's scheduled final until Monday. Saturday's second semi-final was also suspended by rain.

In the doubles, Martina Navratilova geared up for her final appearance at the US Open by picking up her second doubles title of the year.

The 49-year-old teamed with Russia's Nadia Petrova to defeat Cara Black of Zimbabwe and German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-1, 6-2.—Agencies