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WASHINGTON, AUG 23: Andre Agassi dominated Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia 7-6 7-3, 6-1 to win the Legg Mason Tennis Classic championship for a record fifth time.
Agassi, who claimed his second straight Legg Mason title, also won the tournament in 1990, 1991 and 1995. The No 2 seed earned a first-place check of 99,000, while Kafelnikov, the top-seed, received 52,000.
Kafelnikov defeated Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in the semi-final yesterday. In a battle between two Americans, Agassi defeated Todd Martin, 6-4, 6-2.
Hingis tops
TORONTO: Martina Hingis dethroned Monica Seles of the title at the 1.05 million Du Maurier Open, ending Seles8217; four-year reign at the event and gathering momentum for the US Open.
Hingis, who regained her world No 1 ranking earlier this month, swept Seles 6-4, 6-4 in a final that took just more than an hour.
In the doubles final, the fourth-seeded duo of Jana Novotna of the Czech Republic and Mary Pierce of France defeated the fifth seeds, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario of Spain and Larisa Neiland of Latvia, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.
Seles defeated unseeded Anne Gaelle-Sidot of France 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the final against Hingis, who beat third-seeded Mary Pierce 7-6 7-3, 6-3.
Lapentti escapes
INDIANAPOLIS: Nicolas Lapentti captured his first title in four years and Vince Spadea was left to rue a major miscalculation in the final of the 870,000 ATP RCA Championships.
Spadea, who lead 6-4, 4-2 against the 11th seed before losing the second set, watched a lob off Lapentti8217;s racquet fly near his racquet and land good in the ninth game of the final set.
Instead of making a move on the ball, world number 34 Spadea guessed that it would land out. It was good and gave Ecuador8217;s Lapentti a break for 6-3.
A game later, Lapentti served out a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory in two hours and five minutes, capturing the second ATP Tour title of his career, his first on hardcourt and his first since 1995.
