Roddick Is Masterful in Beating Nalbandian

Andy Roddick defeated 2002 Wimbledon runner-up David Nalbandian, 6-1, 6-3, Sunday to win the Masters Canada at Montreal for his fourth title of the year.

It’s the first Tennis Masters Series championship for Roddick, who lost in last year’s final.

Roddick, seeded sixth, lost his serve only once and needed less than an hour to win the hard-court tuneup for the U.S. Open.

“It’s my biggest title so far,” Roddick said. “Hopefully, it will be a good steppingstone to the Open.”

The start of the match was delayed 1 hour 35 minutes by rain, and another shower stopped action for nearly an hour with Roddick ahead, 4-2, in the second set.

“Andy didn’t have to do many things today,” Nalbandian said. “I couldn’t play my game.”

The victory pushes Roddick to No. 4 in the rankings. He’s 24-2 since hiring Brad Gilbert as his coach after a first-round loss at the French Open.

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Anna Pistolesi won her second straight WTA title, beating qualifier Jelena Kostanic, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, in the final of the Nordic Light Open at Espoo, Finland.

The second-seeded Pistolesi, coming off a victory in the Idea Prokom Open, improved to 8-0 in WTA finals. Kostanic had not lost a set in her first seven matches in the tournament.

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Robert Yim of Glendale defeated Jamil Al-Agba of Tarzana, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4, to win the boys’ 18 championship, and Gary Sacks of Calabasas Hills beat Matt Bruch of Lake Forest, Ill., 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, in the boys’ 16 final at the U.S. Tennis Assn. Super National Hardcourt Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Iris Ichim of Woodland Hills defeated Mary T. Gambale of Billerica, Mass., 6-2, 6-3, for third place in the girls’ 18 singles division of the USTA Super National Hardcourt Championships in San Jose.

Times staff writer Lauren Peterson contributed to this report.