Roger Federer added yet another accomplishment to his already impressive resume Sunday at the Madrid Masters.
The top-ranked player in the world, Federer claimed his fourth Masters Series title of the year and his first in Madrid with another emphatic victory over the Chilean 10th seed Fernando Gonzalez.
With the 7-5 6-1 6-0 victory, Federer claimed his 10th title in 2006 and the 43rd of his career while remaining perfect in eight meetings with Gonzalez.
"Obviously I tried to jump on top of him in the second set," Federer said.
"He didn't swing his serve any more as hard as he did. I took advantage of that. I got into more service games, and I kept up my good work and my own serve.
"And that put the pressure up on him. And right away it was two sets to love."
Having dismissed the fourth seed David Nalbandian in the semi-finals, Federer's toughest game against Gonzalez was the very first on his serve.
Misfiring three times with his forehand he was taken to deuce three times before holding.
But from there Federer soon found his rhythm and it was just a question of how long Gonzalez could stay with him.
To Gonzalez' credit he did so for the first 11 games of a high quality opening set.
Using his big serves and a barrage of brutal forehands to test the top seed as much as he could, Gonzalez made Federer work to win the opening set.
Gonzalez served at 5-6 in the first set and failed on a couple of chances to force the tiebreak.
The Swiss clinched the set with a smash on his second set point.
Federer, who missed the Madrid Masters for the past two years, won the last 11 games of an increasingly one-sided contest clinching the title in an hour an 47 minutes.
Federer lost only one point on his serve in the second set, and although the Chilean had two break points in different games in the third set, they were quickly irradicated.
"I played well the entire tournament, didn't drop a set. Only got broken once," Federer said.
"There's not much I can say about that. I really turned it on when I had to from the semis on. So I'm really, really happy."
As a result Federer claimed a career-best 82nd win of the season. It was also his 19th victory in a row.
"It was tough. When Roger is up in the court, he's a good player," Gonzalez said.
"After he passed over me, he didn't let me do too much. Maybe it wasn't my best day, but I couldn't do anything. My tennis is getting better and better. I feel that I can still improve it."