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Nadal wins 6th title of year in Beijing; Garcia beats Halep

By SANDRA HARWITT game.
Associated Press Kyrgios didn’t make it onto
Rafael Nadal beat Nick the board in the second
Kyrgios of Australia 6-2, 6-1 set until he was serving with
Sunday in the China Open Nadal already leading 5-0.
final to win his sixth ATP title “In the semifinal I played
of the year, and Caroline well, obviously beating
Garcia defeated soon- Alex (Zverev),” Kyrgios
to-be-No. 1 Simona Halep said. “It’s a typical type of
6-4, 7-6 (3) in the women’s week for me: beat a player
event. well, then pretty much no-
Top-ranked Nadal, who show.”
was tied with Roger Feder- Garcia also won her final in
er and Alexander Zverev straight sets.
at five titles this season, “She played amazing ten-
picked up his 75th career nis,” Halep said of Garcia.
singles trophy with the win “She deserved to win to-
in Beijing. day. She was better.”
The 15th-ranked Garcia, For Halep, the loss was par-
who lost to Halep the two ticularly disappointing as
previous times they played, she was unable to back
won her second consecu- up her guaranteed de-
tive WTA title. The French- but in the No. 1 ranking on
woman will make her top- Monday. She secured the Rafael Nadal of Spain poses with this trophy after defeating Nick Kyrgios of Australia in the men’s
10 debut when the new top spot on Saturday with singles final match in the China Open tennis tournament at the Diamond Court in Beijing, China,
rankings come out on Mon- her semifinal victory over Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. Associated Press
day. French Open champion
The 31-year-old Nadal’s six Jelena Ostapenko. Ukraine. ranked Kyrgios emerged 2005, I never will believe
trophies this year include Halep’s best opportunity The last time Kyrgios played a four-set winner.This was that I will keep playing ten-
a record 10th title at the to rebound against Garcia a No. 1 it was also against Nadal’s second China nis in 2017,” Nadal said.
French Open and a third ended when she failed to Nadal. In that 2014 fourth- Open title in four trips to Nadal leads Kyrgios 3-2 in
at the U.S. Open. The last make good on any of the round encounter at Wim- the final. He won his first in career meetings, and 2-1
time the Spaniard won at nine break points she had bledon, the then 144th- his Beijing debut in 2005.“In this season.q
least six titles in a year was at 3-3 in the second set.
in 2013 when he captured “For sure it definitely turned Rupp 1st American to win men’s
10 trophies for the season. the second set,” Garcia
Kyrgios started Sunday said. Chicago Marathon since 2002
struggling with his serve “This game was definitely
and never found a confi- very important.” CHICAGO (AP) — An
dent range throughout the In the second-set tiebreak- American has won the
match. His first-serve per- er, the unseeded Garcia men’s Chicago Marathon
centage mostly languished jumped out to 4-1, and on for the first time since 2002.
under the 50 percent mark. a first match point at 6-3 Galen Rupp crossed the
In contrast, Nadal always with Halep serving, the Ro- finished line at 2 hours 9
looked in charge and manian netted a forehand. minutes and 20 seconds.
saved all four break points Garcia fell to her knees in Kenyan Abel Kirui came
he faced. celebration. in second, 28 seconds be-
“I was playing very high She is enjoying an 11-match hind Rupp. Another Ke-
intensity the whole match, winning streak, having nyan, Bernard Kipyego,
changing the directions captured her first title of was third.
and not making many mis- the season at Wuhan last The women’s race was
takes,” Nadal said. week. This is the second won by Ethiopian Tirunesh
Kyrgios offered Nadal eight time she’s won a career- Dibaba in 2 hours 18 min-
break points in the first set best 11 straight matches. utes and 31 seconds. Brig-
with Nadal taking two ser- “It was such an amazing id Kosgei of Kenya came
vice breaks. two weeks,” Garcia said. second and American Jor- Galen Rupp of the United States celebrates after winning the
Kyrgios was angered by a “It went so fast.” dan Hasay was third. 2017 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017,
line call in the first set and Garcia saved a match The last American to win in Chicago.
his complaints eventually point in her three-set quar- the men’s race was Khalid Associated Press
cost him a penalty point terfinal victory over third- Khannouchi in 2002. started the 40th annual Chicago Marathon and more
at the start of the eighth seeded Elina Svitolina of More than 40,000 runners than a million spectators lined the route.q