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Davenport beats Myskina in final

Lindsay Davenport of the US serves to Russia's Anastasia Myskina the Acura Classic final in Carlsbad, California, Sunday. Davenport defeated Myskina, 6-1, 6-1. PHOTO: EPA

Lindsay Davenport of the US defeated French Open champion Anastasia Myskina of Russia 6-1, 6-1 in the Acura Classic final Sunday, extending her winning streak to 14 consecutive matches.

She also completed a California slam for the second time in her career, equaling her feat of 1998, when she won hardcourt tournaments at Stanford, Carlsbad and Los Angeles before winning her first US Open title.

"I feel like I totally deserve everything that's happened to me," she said. "I've proven a lot to myself the last three weeks."

This summer, her three-title run at Stanford, Carson and Carlsbad included victories over Venus (twice) and Serena Williams (once) -- her first wins over the sisters in four years.

"It seems like since then I've been cruising," Davenport said.

Davenport needed just 48 minutes to dismantle Myskina with angled groundstrokes and crisp volleys for her fifth WTA Tour title of the year. She improved her match record to 47-6.

The third-seeded Myskina was visibly tired from her 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (15) semifinal victory over 12th-seeded countrywoman Vera Zvonareva 12 hours earlier. She managed just two break points against Davenport's big serve, and committed 16 unforced errors.

The 32-point tiebreaker was the longest third-set tiebreaker in WTA Tour singles history.

Masters Canada
AP, Toronto

Roger Federer of Switzerland won his third straight title Sunday, beating Andy Roddick of the US 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the US$2.5 million Tennis Masters Canada.

The top-ranked Federer, who won his eighth event of the year, extended his winning streak to 23 matches and raised his career record against the No. 2-ranked Roddick to 7-1.

"Andy, I'm sorry you didn't win another final," Federer said. "But in the future I'm sure we'll play many, many more great matches and you'll get your fair share of them."

Roddick defeated Federer in the semifinals of this event last year and went on to win the tournament. Since then, Roddick is 0-3 against Federer, including a four-set loss in the Wimbledon final.
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