Nick Kyrgios defeats Yoshihito Nishioka 6-4 6-3 in the final in Washington on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. This is the twice won this tournament that the Australian wins the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Kyrgios added $ 159,975 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 342,800 in total after conquering this tournament. Later, he won also the title in doubles with Jack Sock.
Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs. Yoshihito Nishioka Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:21
At the end of the match, Kyrgios scored 64 points vs. the Japanese’s 50.
Kyrgios
Nick served exceptionally well to win 88% of the points (22/25) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (16/25) on his second serve. The Australian fired 12 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Nick was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Nishioka
On the other side, Yoshihito wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Kyrgios and Nishioka is 5-0 for Nick.
This was the 7th career title for Nick. (see list of titles and finals). The Japanese 1st remains with 1 title after he conquered the tournament in Shenzhen 2018. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Kyrgios came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Yoshihito Nishioka in the 1st game (1-0). That break turned to be decisive for Nick to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, the Japanese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 58 points. Kyrgios conquered the set after winning 4 more points than the Japanese (31-27). Nick surrendered 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the net, Yoshihito conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
Kyrgios had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Yoshihito Nishioka in the 1st game (1-0). Kyrgios extended his lead after breaking Nishioka in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.
The Australian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Nick didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 56 points. Kyrgios conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Yoshihito (33-23). Nick was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the court, Yoshihito conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).
