Top seed Stanislas Wawrinka lifted his fifth ATP World Tour title and second Chennai Open trophy after a convincing straight sets win over Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the final, here today.
The world number eight, who won a title here in 2011, scored a dominating 7-5 6-2 win in the summit clash, which lasted one hour and 35 minutes.
Roger-Vasselin was trying to win his first ATP title but going past an opponent, who came into the tournament after a phenomenal season, was more than a difficult job.
Wawrinka, in the form of his life, was clearly a superior player. He stood out with his powerful returns and solid ground-strokes, specially his single-handed backhand.
He hardly gave an inch to Roger-Vasselin, who though tried everything in his repertoire but was not enough.
With each passing game, Wawrinka imposed himself more and more on his rival and now leads Roger-Vasselin 2-1 in Head-to-Head record. Roger-Vasselin had beaten Wawrinka three months back at the Swiss Indoors Basel, while the Swiss won in Chennai two years ago.
"That's (5th title) really big for sure. It is my second title here so I am enjoying. I did my best here. I battled against top-10 in 2013 and I am doing everything (to improve). It's been an amazing first week and I will take this confidence to first Grand Slam," Wawrinka said.
"The tournament is improving and looking forward to come back here," Wawrinka added.
Roger-Vasselin, appreciating the winner, said "It's like a heartbreak to lose in final. Warinka was too good, so he deserves to win. He played amazingly whole week. He was simply too good. Hope next time, I will finally win a tournament.
