Haas romps to fifth title

Haas celebrates his first tournament win on home soil

Tommy Haas took his second title in as many weeks by winning the Stuttgart Masters in Germany on Sunday.

The 23-year-old thrilled his home fans by stopping Max Mirnyi's impressive run to the final with a 6-2 6-2 6-2 thrashing.

Haas, the 15th seed, needed just 92 minutes to beat the 24-year-old qualifier from Belarus.

Mirnyi appeared to run out of steam after knocking out Gustavo Kuerten, Goran Ivanisevic, Pete Sampras and Yevgeny Kafelnikov earlier in the tournament.

"I didn't have a problem, he was simply better today," Mirnyi, who made 27 unforced errors, said.

An impressive week finally took its toll on Mirnyi

The German had won in Vienna last Sunday, but the fifth title in his career was his first in Germany.

"This was my nicest victory because I like playing in Germany," Haas said.

"I really wanted to play well before a home crowd."

Haas moved up to seventh in the ATP Champions Race, boosting his chances of a berth in the season-ending Masters Cup next month in Sydney.

The top seven players in the Race standings will make the trip to Australia with Wimbledon champion Ivanisevic taking the final place.