Brilliant Haas crushes Roddick to retain Memphis title

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Feb 25 (Reuters) German Tommy Haas today produced a stunning performance to crush top seed Andy Roddick 6-3, 6-2 and win the Memphis International for the third time.

The defending champion outplayed Roddick in every department, dropping just seven points on serve as he wrapped up his 11th career title in brilliant fashion.

The German did not face a single break point on his serve in the whole tournament, a total of 47 games.

American Roddick struggled on his own serve and Haas dominated from the baseline, breaking the top seed in the second game and cruising through the first set in 32 minutes.

The second set was the same story as an ultra-confident Haas broke in the third and fifth games before clinching victory with his eighth ace.

Haas, the winner in Memphis 1999 and 2006, becomes only the second man to win the event on three occasions, following Jimmy Connors the former world number one and now Roddick's coach.

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