Montreal, August 22 :

Serbian teenager Ana Ivanovic beat Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-3 to claim the Rogers Cup title on Monday, her second career tournament victory and first in a WTA Tour Tier-1 event.

The Belgrade native used her powerful forehand to put shots down the lines and overwhelmed Hingis.

In the semi-finals, Hingis was able to counter Svetlana Kuznetsova’s big shots with clever drops and slices, but that didn’t work against Ivanovic, who did not appear intimidated by playing one of the sport’s biggest names.

The seventh-seeded Hingis, a dominant player in the late 1990s, is in her first season back on the tour after a three-year absence due to foot and ankle injuries. Her performance this week will put her back in the top 10 in the WTA Tour rankings for the first time in almost three years. Hingis won the Rogers Cup in 1999 and 2000.

Ivanovic, who will improve her rank to 17th this week, remains unbeaten in two visits to the Rogers Cup at 7-0. Last year in Toronto, she withdrew before a scheduled third-round meeting with Kim Clijsters with an injury.