Top seed David Ferrer of Spain was too strong for David Nalbandian of Argetnina. Photo / Getty Images
Top seed David Ferrer of Spain has won a surprisingly one-sided Heineken Open men's tennis singles final in Auckland.
Ferrer had little trouble of disposing of Argentina's David Nalbandian in straight sets, 6-4 6-2 in a final which lasted just 68 minutes.
Ferrer and Nalbandian had a history of close
matches and the same was promised given that Nalbandian had yet to drop a set in the Auckland tournament.
But Nalbandian was well off his game, making a large number of unforced errors as Ferrer's successful chasing game regularly forced him to play one more shot in many rallies.
The first set was close until Ferrer broke Nalbandian's serve in the eighth game, and Ferrer served it out with an ace in the next game.
The first four games of the second set were shared but Nalbandian's error rate continued to creep up and Ferrer broke Nalbandian's next two service games, the second one without Nalbandian winning a point.
Ferrer then served the match out comfortably in the eighth game of the set.
It was Ferrer's 10th career title and his second title in Auckland, having previously won the title in 2007.
Ferrer's singles victim in 2007, Tommy Robredo, today did win an Auckland title when he combined with fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers to win the doubles.
The second seeds looked accomplished as they beat Johan Brunstrom of Sweden and Stephen Huss of Australia 6-4 7-6.
Granollers and Robredo dominated most of the first set, being two breaks of serve ahead at one stage, with Robredo in particular looking in good form.
Brunstrom and Huss got a break back but the Spaniards eventually took the set comfortably.
Granollers and Robredo looked set for a comfortable second set at one stage, taking an early break of serve.
They had a match point in the second set but Granollers missed a forehand and Brunstrom and Huss subsequently broke back to take it to a tiebreak.
Brunstrom and Huss had a set point during the tiebreak on their serve at 6-5 but failed to convert and the Spaniards subsequently took the next three points to take the match.
It was Granollers' sixth ATP doubles title and Robredo's fourth.
Singles final:
1-David Ferrer (Spain) bt 6-David Nalbandian (Argentina) 6-3 6-2
- NZPA
