TOKYO, Feb 5: Elena Dementieva dashed any hopes of a comeback victory for Martina Hingis by beating the four-times champion to win the singles title at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament on Sunday.

The Russian second seed, playing her first final in five appearances here, chalked up a 6-2, 6-0 win over the Swiss former world number one to post her biggest career title.

Neither could hold her serve in the first three games with Dementieva breaking the first and third games. The Russian hit a couple of good returns to pull off another break in the seventh before serving out for the set.

Hingis, who never faced a single break point in beating defending champion Maria Sharapova in the semi-finals, hit two double faults before losing the first game of the second set, and never recovered from the deficit.

Dementieva saved three break points in the following game and then her fine service return and a Swiss double fault gave another chance to the Russian, whose deep return gave her a 3-0 lead.

Dementieva was never really in danger afterwards, comfortably scoring another break in the fifth game to finish off a struggling Hingis with a forehand winner on her first match point.

It was Dementieva’s first victory since winning at Hasselt in 2004 and a fifth overall, also winning in Amelia Island, Bali and Shanghai in 2003.

The 24-year-old Sydney Olympic silver medallist, ranked ninth in the world, also took the lead in her win-loss record against Hingis at three wins against two defeats.

Dementieva, a first-round loser at the Australian Open, defeated Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic and fellow Russian Anastasia Myskina on her way to the final.

Hingis, 25, once retired due to foot, heel and ankle injuries in 2002, but received a wild card for the Tokyo indoor event after making a comeback this season.

The 25-year-old Swiss Miss reached the semifinals in her re-debut at Gold Coast and the quarterfinals at the Australian Open.

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