Roger Federer wins Cincinnati Masters title

With a dominant first set on Sunday, Roger Federer showed that he's in top-of-the-world form after his time off to become a father. A 6-1, 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic brought him the Cincinnati Masters title, his first championship since his twin girls were born last month.

"That's the special part, especially winning for the first time as a dad," Federer said. "It gets me going emotionally a little bit, because I know it's been a wonderful summer."

His stellar season can get even better beginning next week at the U.S. Open. The Swiss star has won the last five titles there, and his performance on Sunday at Mason, Ohio, suggested he's fully capable of another. Djokovic hadn't lost a set all week, but was never in the title match.

Federer took control right away, breaking Djokovic's serve in a second game that lasted 13 minutes and 22 points overall. The 22-year-old Serb kept up better in the second set but knew he was headed for his fourth runner-up finish in a Masters tournament this year.

Fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva overcame an ugly first set to beat Maria Sharapova, 6-4, 6-3, in the final of the Rogers Cup at Toronto. Dementieva's steady play was too much for an error-prone Sharapova to handle in the first all-Russian final in tournament history.

Playing in her first final since a serious shoulder injury, Sharapova committed 10 double faults and had trouble with even the most routine shots.

Anna Chakvetadze ended Nadia Petrova's final hard-court tuneup for the U.S. Open with a 0-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 win in the Pilot Pen at New Haven, Conn. In another first-round match, Alona Bondarenko defeated wild-card entry Meghann Shaughnessy, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Taylor Dent won his first-round match in the men's tournament, beating Ivan Ljubicic, 6-3, 6-4.

Pat Cash of Australia defeated Jim Courier to successfully defend his singles title in the Hall of Fame Champions Cup at Newport, R.I. Cash defeated the American, 6-3, 6-4, in the championship match at the International Tennis Hall of Fame.