INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) – Daniela Hantuchova won her second Pacific Life Open championship in five years Saturday – and just her second tour title ever.

Hantuchova, the 2002 champion at Indian Wells, defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-4 in the final this time to end her long winless streak.

On the men’s side, Rafael Nadal needed just 73 minutes to defeat Andy Roddick in their semifinal, winning 6-4, 6-3.

No. 18 Hantuchova, who upset Martina Hingis in the championship match for her only previous title, this time used steady, accurate groundstrokes and timely net play for the victory over No. 4 Kuznetsova, the 2004 U.S. Open champion.

At almost the same instant Kuznetsova’s forehand sailed over the back line long on the final point, Hantuchova already was jumping and waving her arms in joy.

The 23-year-old from Slovakia dictated the rhythm of the match against Kuznetsova, a 21-year-old from Russia who has won eight tour titles. Keeping the ball deep with hard groundstrokes, Hantuchova also made the most of her trips to the net, winning 11 of her 12.

The second-ranked Nadal showed there was quite a gap between him and No. 3 Roddick, at least on this hot, still afternoon in the desert. The Spaniard consistently won points by keeping the ball deep to Roddick’s backhand for several exchanges, then driving forehand winners past the American.

Roddick often could only stand and watch as winners bounced just inside the line.

“I think I play (a) very, very complete match, for sure,” Nadal said. “I knew the match (would) go quick, because when he serves, all points are quick.

“But I wasn’t expecting 6-4, 6-3, that’s for sure.”

Said Roddick: “He came out and played super-aggressive, got great depth. I never felt comfortable out there. “He picked a couple off his shoes running and the forehand and just crushed them up the line.

“I thought he played real well.”

Although Roddick had 16 aces, a couple at 147 mph, Nadal seemed to have everything else going his way.

On one Roddick serve of 138 mph in the second set, Nadal whipped a forehand return across court that Roddick had no chance of getting. And when Roddick came to the net, Nadal usually came up with passing shots for winners.

Nadal converted three of 10 break point opportunities. Roddick had none.

The match was the third the pair have played. Roddick won in the second round of the U.S. Open in 2004, and Nadal beat him on clay in the Davis Cup final later that year.

Nadal, who won five times last year after capturing 11 titles in 2005, is looking for his first championship since the French Open last June, going a stretch of 12 tournaments without a title.

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