seeded Robin Soderling beat defending champion Andy Roddick 6-3, 7-5 Sunday to win the Brisbane International singles title. With torrential rain falling outside the roofed but outdoor Pat Rafter Arena, Soderling's strong serve and pinpoint return of serve stymied Roddick throughout the match and enabled the Swede to finish the tournament without dropping a set. “He had a great week, played well today and served too well,” Roddick said. Roddick pledged $100 for each of his 54 aces during the tournament. He then said he would double that amount and told the crowd that if they each contributed $2 to the flood appeal, they'd match his total. Wawrinka claims crown Third-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka overcame Xavier Malisse in three sets to start the new season by winning the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open title Sunday. The Swiss world No. 21 survived a mid-match lapse in concentration to outclass the 60th-ranked Belgian 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 in two hours and 14 minutes at the Nungambakkam Tennis stadium. The seasoned Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes delighted home fans by winning the doubles title in their first tournament together on the circuit since 2002. The top seeds were made to work hard by the first-time duo of Dutchman Robin Haase and David Martin of the United States before they won the final 6-2, 6-7 (3/7), 10-7. Paes and Bhupathi, who will also team up at the Australian Open, have won three Grand Slam titles together – the French Open in 1999 and 2001 and Wimbledon in 1999. Chakvetadze out Italy's Sara Errani has beaten 2007 champion Anna Chakvetadze of Russia 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the first round of the Hobart International Tennis Tournament. In other first-round results Sunday, Errani's doubles partner Roberta Vinci defeated fellow Italian Romina Oprandi 7-6 (0), 6-3 and Ayumi Morita of Japan beat Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3). Eighth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany defeated Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan 7-5, 7
