Federer ends year with another title
	Shanghai: Roger Federer overwhelmed James Blake, claiming his third Masters Cup title 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday's championship match. Top-ranked Federer rounded off another dominating season with 12 titles from the 17 tournaments he contested and $8.34 million in prize money for 2006. He earned $1.52 million for his unbeaten run at the season-ending championship in Shanghai. Blake beat No 2 Rafael Nadal and No 3 Nikolay Davydenko in the round-robin phase and ousted defending champion David Nalbandian in the semi-finals, but he was no match for Federer. It took Blake 34 minutes to get on the scoreboard, finally holding serve in the second game of the second set and even then he had to save two breakpoints. Getting behind the underdog in a lopsided match, the crowd cheered raucously for Blake's points, even those off Federer's errors. Federer had 22 errors and 41 winners, against Blake's 18 clean winners and 27 unforced errors. Federer was broken for the only time when serving for the match at 5-2 in the third. He served out at love the next time, setting up a triple match point with a trademark backhand down the line and clinching it with a powerful serve that Blake could not return. It was Federer's 29th consecutive win, improving him to 92-5 for the year and to 22-2 at the Masters Cup. His only Masters Cup loss since the start of the 2003 tournament was in last year's final. Blake qualified for the tournament for the first time and distinguished himself with three good wins. The 26-year-old American entered with a No 8 ranking, but will finish the year at a career-high No 4.