Top seed David Ferrer completed a perfect warm-up for next week's Australian Open [ Images ] with a surprisingly easy 6-3, 6-2 victory over David Nalbandian [ Images ] to win the Auckland Open title on Saturday.

Ferrer, the 2007 champion on the central Auckland courts, wasted little time against an error-prone Nalbandian to win in just 68 minutes.

It was the world number seven's 10th career title.

Strangely enough, the pair could meet again next week in Melbourne [ Images ] in the third round at the Australian Open should they both make it that far.

Nalbandian has been drawn to face local favourite Lleyton Hewitt [ Images ] in the first round, while Ferrer will meet Finland's Jarkko Niemenen -- himself a former Auckland champion.