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Agassi takes title

ROME MAY 12. Thirteen years after squandering a championship point, Andre Agassi finally won the Rome tennis Masters Series for the first time on Sunday, defeating Tommy Haas 6-3, 6-3, 6-0.

The seven-time Grand Slam champion used his blistering groundstrokes and fierce return-of-serve to frustrate the 24-year-old German, breaking Haas' serve seven times en route to winning the $2.57 million event.

Agassi held his usual position just inside the baseline for most of the match, while Haas opted to stand several feet behind the line, leaving himself vulnerable to Agassi's well-angled shots.

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