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Kyrgios wins first title in Marseille

Australia's Nick Kyrgios claimed the first ATP title of his career with a straight-sets win over Croatian fourth seed Marin Cilic at the Marseille Open.

Kyrgios, 20, hit 17 aces in a 6-2 7-6 (7-3) victory as he finished the week without dropping a set or losing a single service game.

The world number 41 beat top-10 players Richard Gasquet and Tomas Berdych in the quarter and semi-finals.

"I think I served really, really well again," said Kyrgios.

He has already made it to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon and the Australian Open, but the closest he had got to landing a title was reaching the Estoril Open final in 2015.