Nick Kyrgios sets up Yoshihito Nishioka final at Citi Open, Cameron Norrie loses to Daniil Medvedev in Los Cabos

Nick Kyrgios qualified for the final of the Citi Open as he beat Mikael Ymer 7-6(4) 6-3 on Saturday to set up a match with Yoshihito Nishioka. On Friday, the Australian had played two singles matches in order to catch up with ties that had been held back. On Saturday he initially struggled with the defensive tactics and speed that his Swedish opponent used.

Ad/> However the 27-year-old was able to use his serving and power advantage to come through in a little over an hour and a half. WTA Washington'Died three times' — Raducanu wins marathon in the heat against Osorio to reach quarter-finals04/08/2022 AT 21:57 The first set tie-break was well balanced at 4-4 but after a 24-shot rally, he raced towards the win. «Honestly I didn't play anywhere near my best tennis today and I don't know.

The role was reversed, the past couple matches I've been on paper, rankings-wise the underdog in my past couple matches, but today I definitely felt like the favourite,» Kyrgios said afterwards. «I served pretty solid. Obviously my winning percentage behind my first serve would have been high, but from the back of the court I didn't play well at all.» In the second set Ymer was again holding on well but Kyrgios broke at 4-3 and held his nerve to reach the final, the first time he has reached that stage of a tour tournament for events in a row.