Top seed Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario claimed her first WTA Tour title in two years when she cruised to a straight-sets victory in the final of the Porto Open.

The 29-year-old Spaniard rolled to a 6-3 6-1 victory over third seed and compatriot Magui Serna in Portugal.

Although she was a finalist on clay-court tournaments in Florida and Hamburg last year, this was Sanchez-Vicario's first championship crown since the Cairo Open in 1999.

She made far lighter work of the final than her previous matches this week.

In the quarter-final on Friday, Sanchez-Vicario lost the first set 6-2 to Petra Mandula of Hungary, before taking the second 6-3 ahead of play being halted due to rain.

The match was resumed on Saturday when Sanchez-Vicario quickly ended the affair 6-1.

She then proceeded to the semis against fourth seed Silvia Farina Elia of Italy where she had a virtual carbon-copy performance, winning 4-6 6-0 6-1.

Sanchez-Vicario, a three-time French Open champion, took some time off at the start of the year, but returned to action in good form at the Ericsson Open in Miami where she reached the fourth round.