Nikolay Davydenko played like a defending champion on Saturday in Portschach.

The top seed from Russia rolled to a 6-0 6-3 victory over Andrei Pavel of Romania on Saturday in the final of the Hypo Group International.

Davydenko is seeded sixth for the upcoming French Open.

"It seemed easy because of the result, but it is never really the case," Davydenko said.

"I think I started really well. I was trying to make winners and fighting for every ball, and I had really good results. At the beginning of the second (set), he started to serve better and it became more difficult."

Pavel advanced to the final in a walkover when Luis Horna of Peru pulled out with back pain on Friday, but turned out to be no match for Davydenko.

"Davydenko played an amazing match; he played amazing the whole week, so there wasn't much I could do today," Pavel said.

"I had a bad start, which made him more relaxed, and I was pretty much running after him the whole match after that. In my opinion, he is a good candidate for the Roland Garros title."