Montreal: Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic trounced former world No. 1 Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-3 in the rain-delayed Montreal Cup final on Monday to capture her first Tier 1 title (as reported in Tuesday’s Late City edition).

The 13th-seeded Ivanovic broke Hingis’ serve in the first game and never looked back. She also broke the Swiss in the fifth game before wrapping up the set.

The 18-year-old Ivanovic’s only other final appearance was when she won the low-key Tier 1V event in Canberra, Australia in early 2005.Hingis, champion in Canada in 1999 and 2000, was contesting her third final since making her comeback at the beginning of the season following a three-year hiatus. Her sole success this year was in Rome in the run-up to the French Open.

In the doubles, Martina Navratilova geared up for her final appearance at the US Open by picking up her second doubles title of the year.

The 49-year-old teamed with Russia’s Nadia Petrova to defeat Cara Black of Zimbabwe and German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-1, 6-2. (Reuters)