seeded Stanislas Wawrinka beat Romania's Victor Hanescu 6-2, 6-3 to win the Grand Prix Hassan II on Sunday. The Swiss player broke Hanescu twice in the first set and held serve despite landing only 40 percent of his first serves and double-faulting twice. Wawrinka's service improved in the second set as he made 63 percent of first serves, and he won four games in a row to take a 5-1 lead. Third-seeded Hanescu rallied for 5-3, but Wawrinka saved two break points in the ninth game before clinching victory on a backhand netted by his opponent. “I'm very happy to win here today. It has been an incredible week, in part because of you: you made me feel at home,” Wawrinka told a cheering Moroccan crowd. It was Wawrinka's second title on the ATP Tour since he won at Umag, Croatia in 2006. Wawrinka will face Hanescu again on Tuesday, at the Monte Carlo Masters. “For me it was a very good week in Casablanca,” Hanescu said. “I played my best tennis. Maybe not today but Stanislas was very good and very aggressive, and he deserved to win the trophy.” Pennetta claims crown Flavia Pennetta claimed her first title of the year when she fought off a stiff challenge from Carla Suarez Navarro to beat the Spaniard 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in the final of the Andalucia Open Sunday. The Italian second seed, the losing finalist in Auckland in January, had not dropped a set all week on the clay in Marbella but Suarez Navarro made good use of her booming backhand to level the match at one set all. Both players struggled to hold serve in the decider before Pennetta, 28, dashed the 21-year-old eighth seed's hopes of making amends for her defeat to Serbia's Jelena Jankovic in last year's title match. Suarez Navarro saved one match point at 30-40 down on her serve but world No. 16 Pennetta sealed victory two points later and punched the air in delight before embracing her opponent at the net. Wozniacki wins title Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki took advantage of mistakes by Olga Gorvotsova to defend her title at the MPS Group Championships, winning the final 6-2, 7-5 Sunday. The second-ranked Wozniacki came back from a 4-1 deficit in the second set. Gorvotsova led 5-4 and had set point but netted a backhand volley aimed at an open court. The game lasted 22 points and she lost it on a double fault, one of her eight on the day. Wozniacki took home $37,000 with the win. Querrey-Chela final In Houston, third seeded Sam Querrey progressed to his first tour clay-court final by defeating American compatriot Wayne Odesnik 7-6 (4), 1-6, 7-5 in the semifinals of the US Men's Clay Court Championships Saturday. Querrey's opponent in the final will be Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela, who also beat a compatriot, downing Horacio Zeballos 7-5, 6-2. Chela is into his first final, and will be seeking his first tour title, since 2007. Wilander beats Lendl In New Jersey, In his first match since retiring 16 years ago, Ivan Lendl looked nearly as fit as the man who dominated tennis in the 1980s, but his game wasn't as sharp. Lendl committed numerous unforced errors and fell to former rival Mats Wilander, 6-3, in a one-set exhibition match in the Caesars Tennis Classic Saturday. “It was fun playing, but a bit frustrating,” Lendl said. While he wouldn't commit to more exhibition matches or a comeback to the Champions Tour, Lendl said his back was feeling better and alluded to playing again competitively. In another match, Marat Safin defeated Pete Sampras 6-4. Andy Roddick also beat Sampras 6-4 before topping Safin 6
