Tennis.-Australian Kyrgios wins again in Washington

MADRID, 8 (EUROPA PRESS)

The Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios was proclaimed champion of the Washington tournament, in the ATP 500 category and played on a hard court, for the second time in his career to lift the seventh title of his record, after easily beating the Japanese in the final this Sunday Yoshihito Nishioka.

Kyrgios once again tasted victory on the same stage where he lifted his last title. Three years later, the Australian triumphed again on the Circuit and he did it in the United States capital, with a 6-4, 6-3 to make it 4-0 in direct duels with the Japanese.

The recent Wimbledon finalist returned to action this week and did so with authority, not breaking serve throughout the tournament despite an agonizing quarter-final win in which he saved five match points. The last step was won by Kyrgios thanks to a ‘break’ in the first game of both sets.

The Japanese had his option to ‘break’ in the first, but he did not take advantage of it, and in the second, the Australian did not give his rival that option, closing his victory to the rest with a second ‘break’. Kyrgios is also up for the doubles title in Washington.

Meanwhile, at the WTA event in the US capital, Samsonova came from behind (4-6, 6-3, 6-3) over Estonian Kaia Kanepi to win the second title of her career, after the one she won last year on grass. of Berlin, a two of two in finals.