Third seed Canas outclassed his 123rd ranked opponent 6-1, 6-0 in an awesome display of speed and power to come away the victor of the 380,500 dollars event.

An aggressive Burgsmuller tried to take the game to Canas, attacking from all angles, but the quicker and determined Buenos Aires native always had an answer as he outran and outgunned the 28-year-old German.

Canas, 26, set the tone of the match early as he broke Burgsmuller in the third game of the first set.

It was a harbinger of what was to come as the unseeded Mulheim resident succumbed in the fifth game and again in the seventh as too many nearly certain winners sailed wide or into the net.

A change of shirt from white to black did little to change Burgsmuller's fortunes in the second set. He continued to struggle to hit the mark with his first serve, while also faltering on key points that could have kept him apace of his opponent.

Shanghai was Burgsmuller's second singles final this year after Heilbronn. He was a finalist in Casablanca four years ago and he won his only ATP trophy in Copenhagen in 2002.

For Canas, who is set to move up in the world rankings from his current 24th, it was his third title of the year and a vindication for missing most of 2002 and last year recuperating from surgery on his wrist.

With his sixth career ATP title in the bag, following back-to-back tournaments at Umag and Stuttgart in July, Canas has no doubts about where he wants to go.