Rafael Nadal beat Nick Kyrgios of Australia 6-2,6-1 Sunday in the China Open final to win his sixth ATP title of the year, and Caroline Garcia defeated soon-to-be-No.
R afael Nadal beat Nick Kyrgios of Australia 6-2,6-1 Sunday in the China Open final to win his sixth ATP title of the year, and Caroline Garcia defeated soon-to-be-No. 1 Simona Halep 6-4,7-6 (3) in the women’s event.
Top-ranked Nadal, who was tied with Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev at five titles this season, picked up his 75th career singles trophy with the win in Beijing.
The 15th-ranked Garcia, who lost to Halep the two previous times they played, won her second consecutive WTA title. The Frenchwoman will make her top-10 debut when the new rankings come out on Monday.
The 31-year-old Nadal’s six trophies this year include a record 10th title at the French Open and a third at the U. S. Open. The last time the Spaniard won at least six titles in a year was in 2013 when he captured 10 trophies for the season.
Kyrgios started Sunday struggling with his serve and never found a confident range throughout the match. His first-serve percentage mostly languished under the 50 percent mark.
In contrast, Nadal always looked in charge and saved all four break points he faced.
« I was playing very high intensity the whole match, changing the directions and not making many mistakes, » Nadal said.
K yrgios offered Nadal eight break points in the first set with Nadal taking two service breaks.
