The 27-year-old Kyrgios defeated Nishioka, who is ranked 96th in the world, 6-4 6-3 for his first ATP title since also winning in the American capital in 2019.
The Australian, 63 in the world, hit 12 aces and committed four double faults -with 20 unforced errors-, to prevail in 81 minutes of the match.
Kyrgios, who lost his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon to Novak Djokovic last July, stretched his unbeaten record in his personal match against the Japanese to 4-0.
After winning in Washington, the man from Canberra will jump to 37th place in the world ranking, while Nishioka will be 54th.
– In ladies, the title for Samsonova –
Previously, in the women’s branch, the Russian Liudmila Samsonova won the second WTA trophy of her career by beating the Estonian Kaia Kanepi, sixth favorite, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the 250 category contest .
Samsonova, number 60 in the world, struck 10 ‘aces’ and had an effectiveness of 81.4% with her first serve to beat Kanepi and add her second title after winning in Berlin, in 2021.
The 23-year-old Russian was out of the circuit for six weeks before the Washington tournament as she was among Russian and Belarusian players not allowed to play at Wimbledon due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Kanepi, 37, left frustrated in her bid to end a nine-year WTA title drought. She has not won since the 2013 Brussels tournament.
The entrance Kyrgios is crowned for the second time at the Washington ATP was first published in diary TODAY.
