Victor Hanescu won his first career title as he took advantage of a tired Igor Andreev to claim a 6-3, 6-4 victory in 70 minutes at the Gstaad Open here on Sunday. A rainy weekend stayed dry for the title match, but it did little good for Andreev, losing 2004 finalist who was forced to conclude his semifinal in the morning a few hours before facing the well-rested Romanian. Hanescu, 26, becomes the first from his country to win the trophy at this alpine resort venue since Ilie Nastase in 1973. Hanescu was dominant over Andreev, who had finished off the third set of his semifinal on the day with a victory over Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-6 (7/2), 5-7, 7-6 (7/5). Andreev lost the Gstaad final four years ago against Roger Federer. The 34th-ranked Russian will turn 25 on Monday with the loss still fresh in his mind. Easy for Robredo Tommy Robredo defeated Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-1 Sunday to win the Swedish Open for the second time in three years. The third-seeded Spaniard, who also won the clay-court event in 2006, outplayed Berdych in the second set. Robredo broke the Czech twice and faced only one break point at 1-1, but Berdych hit a forehand long. “This win is more important than the first one,” Robredo said. “In 2006 I played the best tennis of my life, I was in better shape. This year I did not play very good in the beginning of the year. This gives me confidence again.” It was the sixth ATP singles title for Robredo and his first since Metz, France, last year. Veteran Jonas Bjorkman, who is retiring after this season, won his seventh doubles title in Bastad. He teamed with fellow Swede Robin Soderling to beat Johan Brunstrom of Sweden and Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands Antilles 6-2, 6-2. Amritraj advances Prakash Amritraj, trying to end a 10-year ATP singles title drought for India, upset Canada's Frank Dancevic 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-3 here Saturday to reach the Hall of Fame Championship final. But for the 24-year-old son of three-time Newport winner Vijay Amritraj to complete his dream run to the grass-court crown as a wild card, he will have to defeat defending champion Fabrice Santoro of France in Sunday's title match. Not since Leander Paes won this event in 1998 has an India player captured an ATP singles crown, but Amritraj has a solid chance to continue a tradition of India success that his father began with titles here in 1976, 1980 and 1984. While Amritraj stunned the seventh seed to reach his first ATP final at the 385,000-dollar event, second seed Santoro downed American Vince Spadea 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 to earn a chance at keeping the crown he took last year. Garrigues, Pennetta lose Four-time champion Anabel Medina Garrigues and top-seeded Flavia Pennetta were ousted in straight sets in the semifinals of the Palermo International on Saturday. Second-seeded Medina Garrigues, champion in 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2006, fell to No. 7-seeded Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine 6-2, 6-2. Koryttseva will play in her first final of the year, and second of her career, against fifth-seeded Sara Errani, who downed Italian compatriot Pennetta 7-5, 6-3. Del Potro bags title Juan Martin del Potro won his first ATP title Sunday when he upset second-seeded Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the Mercedes Cup. Along with his first title, del Potro also collected a white luxury convertible presented by the tournament sponsor. In the semifinals, Del Potro defeated eighth-seeded Argentine compatriot Eduardo Schwank 6-2, 6-4 and Gasquet overcame Agustin Calleri, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6
