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World number one Daniil Medvedev won his first ATP title of 2022 with a straight sets victory over British number one Cameron Norrie at the Los Cabos Open in Mexico.
The Russian beat the defending champion 7-5 6-0 for his first trophy since last year’s US Open.
Since then, the 26-year-old has lost five finals but did not drop a set this week.
“Every match was really good, but the final is always special,” he said.
“In the final, you play the best player of the week, so it’s always a high-level match and I’m very happy that I was able to show a good level, some good shots in such an important match.”
Medvedev, who was unable to play at Wimbledon due to the ban on Russian playershe had two set points on his serve at 5-4 but was broken.
In the next game he scraped his hand on the court reaching for a shot at the baseline and needed treatment for blood.
But he quickly recovered to win a decisive break to lead 6-5 and once Medvedev served out for the opening set, there was no way back for Norrie, also 26. who had beaten second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada in the semi-finals.
“It wasn’t easy,” Medvedev added. “Cam is an amazing player, so it was very intense. When you play against him, you know you have to fight for every point.”
The next step for Medvedev as he prepares for the US Open, which starts on August 29 in New York, is to defend his Canadian Open title before the Cincinnati Masters.
Meanwhile, Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios will face world number 96 Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan in the final of the Citi Open in Washington DC.
The Australian, who won the last of six ATP titles at the event in 2019, defeated Sweden’s Mikael Ymer 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.
Nishioka continued his good week, which included a last-eight win over Britain’s Dan Evans, with a 6-3 6-4 success over top-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev.
On the women’s side, 37-year-old Kaia Kanepi of Estonia will aim to win her first WTA title in nine years when she takes on Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova in the decider.
Kanepi, world number 37, overcame Australia’s Daria Saville 6-3 6-1, while Samsonova beat China’s Wang Xiyu 6-1 6-1.
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