Sun Aug 17 17:53:28 2008

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Del Potro takes Legg Mason by storm in fourth straight ATP title

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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro continued his dominance of the ATP Tour Sunday with a 6-3, 6-3 waxing of unseeded Viktor Troicki in the finals of the $508,000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

The second-seeded del Potro extended his winning streak to 19 consecutive matches and has taken the title in the last four events he has entered. Victories on clay courts at Stuttgart and Kitzbuhel preceded a pair of U.S. Open hard court tune-ups at Los Angeles last week and now DC.

Serbia's Troicki knocked off top-seed Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals earlier in the week but stood no match for del Potro.

The eventual champion needed just 39 minutes to take care of the first set and pulled away late in the second for yet another straight-set victory. During his incredible run, del Potro has dropped only two sets.

The 19-year-old collected $80,650 for the taking the title, while Troicki pulled down $43,500 for his finals appearance.