Mason, August 21 :

Andy Roddick won his first title of the year with a straight-sets success over Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters on Sunday. Roddick dictated play from the start and sent down 17 aces to seal a 6-3, 6-4 triumph.

In a repeat of the 2003 US Open final, when Roddick claimed his only Grand Slam title, the American served superbly throughout and never allowed Ferrero a chance to get a foothold in the match. Roddick broke serve in the second game but Ferrero, who had beaten James Blake, Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo en route to the final, hit back to break in the next game.