The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS - Andy Roddick's 130 mph serves earned easy points and impressed the crowd. It was a surprising penchant for volleying that won his third title of the year.

Roddick pounded 16 aces and won the point on 18 of an unusually high 26 trips to the net while beating Paradorn Srichaphan 7-6 (2), 6-4 Sunday to win the RCA Championships.

"I have to mix it up a little bit when things aren't going well," Roddick said. "Paradorn was getting the best of me with baseline rallies, so I kind of mixed it up a little bit."

He faced just one break point all match, in the very first game, and erased it with a cross-court backhand passing shot. Paradorn, also a strong server, had five aces and was broken just once: with a double-fault to fall behind 3-2 in the second set.

Roddick also improved to 15-1 with coach Brad Gilbert, who used to work with Andre Agassi. They teamed up after Roddick lost in the first round of the French Open; he reached the semifinals at their first Grand Slam together, Wimbledon.

BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC: Kim Clijsters is accustomed to playing long matches against Jennifer Capriati, and now she's getting used to winning them.

The second-ranked Clijsters came back to beat Capriati 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Sunday in the final of the Bank of the West Classic for her 15th career singles title.

Clijsters beat the seventh-ranked Capriati for only the second time in five chances - but both of her wins were this year. All but one of their meetings went the distance, including the 2001 French Open final, which ended with a record 12-10 third set.

CROATIA OPEN: Carlos Moya won for the third straight time and fourth overall by beating Filippo Volandri 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 Sunday.