Rafael Nadal wins 6th title of year at China Open; Caroline Garcia upsets newly crowned World No 1 Simona Halep

Rafael Nadal wins 6th title of year at China Open; Caroline Garcia upsets newly crowned World No 1 Simona Halep

FP Sports October 8, 2017, 21:47:04 IST

Here are some photo highlights from the China Open finals on Sunday, which saw Rafael Nadal and Caroline Garcia win the singles events.

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Rafael Nadal beat Nick Kyrgios 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday in the China Open final to win his sixth ATP title of the year. AP

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Caroline Garcia defeated soon-to-be-No 1 Simona Halep 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the women’s singles final of China Open. AP

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Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-Jan celebrate with their trophy after beating Timea Babos and Andrea Hlavackova after the final of the women’s doubles. AP

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Henri Kontinen (L) and John Peers pose with the winners’ trophy after beating John Isner and Jack Sock in the men’s doubles championship. AP

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Nick Kyrgios struggled with his serve and never found a confident range throughout the match. A frustrated Kyrgios engaged in a series of lengthy discussions with the umpire. AP

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Top-ranked Nadal, who was tied with Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev at five titles this season, picked up his 75th career singles trophy with the win in Beijing. AP

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Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios pose with their trophies after the men’s singles final match. The last time Kyrgios played a No 1 it was also against Nadal. Nadal leads Kyrgios 3-2 in career meetings, and 2-1 this season. AP

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This was Nadal’s second China Open title in four trips to the final. He won his first in his Beijing debut in 2005. AP

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For Simona Halep, the China Open final loss was particularly disappointing as she was unable to back up her guaranteed debut in the World No 1 ranking on Monday. AP

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In the second-set tiebreaker, the unseeded Garcia jumped out to 4-1, and on a first match point at 6-3 with Halep serving, the Romanian netted a forehand. AP

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Garcia is enjoying an 11-match winning streak, having captured her first title of the season at Wuhan last week. This is the second time she’s won a career-best 11 straight matches. AP

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The 15th-ranked Garcia, who lost to Halep the two previous times they played, won her second consecutive WTA title. The Frenchwoman will make her top-10 debut when the new rankings come out on Monday. AFP

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