Daniil Medvedev beats Cameron Norrie to win Los Cabos title

World No. 1 Daniel Medvedev won his first ATP title of 2022 by beating British No. 1 Cameron Norrie in straight sets at the Los Cabos Open in Mexico.

Since then, the 26-year-old has lost five finals without dropping a set this week.

“Every game is very good, but the final is always special,” he said.

“In the final you played the best player of the week so it’s always a high level game and I’m really happy that I was able to show some good quality, some good shots in such a big game .”

Medvedev out of Wimbledon Because of the ban on Russian playersgot two sets at 5-4 on his serve, but was broken.

In the following game, he bruised his hand on the field, he reached for a shot at the opening, and needed medical treatment for bleeding.

But he recovered quickly and made a decisive break to take a 6-5 lead, and once Medvedev made the opening set, there was no turning back for Norrie, also 26, Who beat second seed Felix Auger-Aliassim Canada is in the semifinals.

“It’s not easy,” Medvedev added. “Cam is an amazing player, so the game is very intense. When you play against him, you know you have to fight for every point.”

Medvedev’s next warm-up for the U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 29 in New York, is to defend his Canadian Open title ahead of the Cincinnati Masters.

Meanwhile, Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios will face world No. 96 Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan in the final of the Citi Open in Washington, DC.

The Australian won the last of his six ATP titles at the 2019 event. He defeated Sweden’s Mikael Immel 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.

Nishioka continued his good week, which included a 6-3 6-4 victory over top-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev in the last eight matches against Dan Evans of Great Britain.

In the women’s event, Estonian Canepi, 37, will face Russian Lyudmila Samsonova in a tiebreaker to win her first WTA title in nine years.

World No. 37 Canepi easily beat Australia’s Daria Saville 6-3 6-1, while Samsonova defeated China’s Wang Xiyu 6-1 6-1.