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Australia's Nick Kyrgios defeated Yoshito Nishioka 6-4, 6-3 at the City Open in Washington, D.C., on Sunday to win his seventh career singles title.
Kyrgios reached his first major final at Wimbledon last month and showed signs of rusting after breaking his Japanese opponent's serve in the opening of the first and second sets. did not.
After scoring more than three of his own serve and his quarter of his points, he defeated Nishioka again to win the match.
It was his first singles title since he won his tournament on Washington's hard courts three years earlier. After years of battling mental demons, he showed a new level of play in 2022. Early in the
tournament, he played five matches in his He saved a point and beat America's Francis his Tierfoe to advance to the semi-finals.
"It's very moving. Seeing where I am from last year to now, it's an incredible change," he said. "I've just persevered and carried on and have shown some serious strength to get through all those times and still perform." (Reporting by Amy Tennery, New York; Additional reporting by Ian Ransom, Melbourne. Edited by Gerry Doyle)
