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Wawrinka too good for Hanescu in Casablanca

Stanislas Wawrinka was dominant against Victor Hanescu © Getty Images

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Stanislas Wawrinka's backhand was in the zone as he made light work of Victor Hanescu in the final of the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca.

The Swiss number two, who ended Andy Murray's Wimbledon hopes last year, needed just 77 minutes to wrap up victory on Sunday, courtesy of four breaks of service. Hanescu was always playing off the back foot, and he inevitably lost in straight sets 6-2 6-3.

Hanescu had undoubtedly beaten the better-calibre players on his way to the final, seeing off dangerous qualifier Jarkko Nieminen and Richard Gasquet. However, the third seed never looked like upsetting the tournament favourite despite maintaining a 76 percent first serve success rate.

Wawrinka was flawless behind his own first serve in the opening set, winning 10 out of 10 points when his serve found its target, and he only allowed Hanescu a solitary break point opportunity. By contrast, Wawrinka managed to break twice to assume control, hitting some lovely crosscourt angles as he snapped his backhand through the ball.

Hanescu eventually did find a break in the second set, but Wawrinka broke twice more to complete the victory, clinching his third career title.

Juan Ignacio Chela took time to read the Sam Querrey serve © Getty Images

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At the US Men's Clay Court Championship Juan Ignacio Chela came from a set down to beat Sam Querrey in Sunday's final. Chela beat Lleyton Hewitt on his way to the Houston final, and he needed to be at his very best again in a 5-7 6-4 6-3 victory over Querrey.

It is Chela's fifth career title and first in over three years. The clay specialist had to use all of his eight years' extra experience to see off world No. 25 Querrey in the 22-year-old's first final on the surface.

Querrey blasted down 11 aces in the match and won two out of three points when his first serve landed in, but Chela's first serve was just as effective statistically and he landed it in on a much more consistent basis. Once the ball was in play the 30-year-old Argentine had superior mobility and craft than the big American, wearing him down in the two hours and 24 minutes they spent on court.

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