Roger Federer claimed his third Cincinnati Masters title with a 6-1 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic in Sunday's final.

Federer, who beat defending champion Andy Murray 6-2 7-6 (10/8) in the semi-finals, confirmed his status as heavy favourite for the US Open with an outstanding performance.

It was his 16th Masters Series title - his first as a father - and apart from Djokovic's fightback early in the second set he was never troubled.

The world number one and defending Wimbledon, French and US Open champion took his total career prize money to US dollars 50million with today's triumph.

Federer, seeking to become the fourth player to win at least three titles in Cincinnati in the Open era, hardly broke sweat as he put Djokovic to the sword in the opening set.

However, he encountered far stiffer resistance early in the second set as Djokovic raced into a 3-0 lead, breaking in the second game.

But the Swiss halted the fightback dead in its tracks by rattling off three successive winning games to level 3-3.

At 5-5 Djokovic was refusing to raise the white flag but was clearly running out of ideas, producing a poorly executed drop-shot to give his opponent advantage and then the game when he fired long.

Serving for the match, Federer did not drop a single point to complete the perfect warm-up for the US Open which begins a week tomorrow.

"The whole week has been great to me. Congratulations to Novak, he had a great tournament," Federer told Sky Sports.

"I had twin girls a month ago. It's been an unbelievable summer for me - in my personal life and on the tennis court.

"I couldn't be more happy right now. I didn't know if I'd be able to play here because of Myla and Charlene.

"Thanks to them coming earlier - it was good timing! I look forward to coming back here next year."