Andy Roddick (L) of the US holds the winner's trophy and Milos Raonic of Canada holds the runner-up trophy after the championship match in Memphis, Tennessee, Sunday. (AP) MEMPHIS, Tennessee: US top seed Andy Roddick captured his 30th career ATP title Sunday by defeating Milos Raonic 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (11-13), 7-5 to deny the Canadian his second title in as many weeks. Eighth-ranked Roddick fired 20 aces to join US legend Jimmy Connors and Germany's Tommy Haas as three-time winners at the $1.32 million Memphis indoor tournament, which was played alongside a WTA women's event. Roddick, whose prior Memphis titles came in 2002 and 2009, ranks third among active players in titles — only Roger Federer with 67 ATP titles and Rafael Nadal with 43 have more. Raonic, a 20-year-old Canadian wild card entrant playing in only his ninth ATP event, won last week at San Jose, becoming the first Canadian in 16 years to claim an ATP singles title. He blasted 32 aces against Roddick in a losing cause. Raonic, who began the year ranked 156th, will jump to about 37th in the rankings, the highest spot ever for a player representing Canada. Almagro wins Copa Claro In Argentina, Nicolas Almagro of Spain won his second consecutive ATP tournament by beating Juan Ignacio Chela 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the final of the Copa Claro in Buenos Aires Sunday. Almagro won the Brazil Open a week ago, another clay-court event. The title was Almagro's ninth in an ATP tournament and the first time he has won back-to-back titles. Berdych wins in Dubai Third-seeded Tomas Berdych recovered from a slow start to beat Jeremy Chardy 6-2, 6-3 Monday in the first round of the Dubai Championships, and fifth-seeded Ivan Ljubicic was forced to retire with a leg injury against Ukrainian qualifier Sergei Bubka. Berdych took advantage of Chardy's 40 unforced errors, recovering from a 2-1 deficit in the first set to take the next five games. In the second set, Berdych won six of the final seven games and 16 of the last 20 points. Bubka, the son of pole vaulting great Sergei Bubka, was leading 6-1, 0-1 when Ljubicic quit after being examined by a trainer for pain below the right knee but above the ankle. Earlier, eighth-seeded Ernests Gulbis defeated German qualifier Michael Berrer 6-3, 6-4. Gulbis hit 10 aces and broke Berrer once in each set. Richard Gasquet of France also advanced, defeating Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-2, 6-4. Also, Florian Mayer beat Finnish veteran Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 6-2 and Philipp Petzschner downed Andreas Seppi of Italy 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2. Top-seeded Roger Federer and second-seeded Novak Djokovic are scheduled to play Tuesday. Safarova breaks Qatar duck In Doha, Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic made amends for her two previous first round exits here when she stunned the seventh seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in straight sets at the Qatar Ladies Open on Monday. Safarova, the world No. 35 defeated the 10th ranked Radwanska 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. In other matches Monday, Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli defeated Russian Alisa Klebanova 7-5, 6-2, while 2006 winner Nadia Petrova of Russia ousted Italian Roberta Vinci 6-4, 6-2. Caroline Wozniaki, meanwhile, has officially reclaimed the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis, only one week after surrendering it to Kim Clijsters.
