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BBC Sport · Feb 21, 2016

Kyrgios wins first title in Marseille

Nick Kyrgios (right) beat Marin Cilic in one hour and 25 minutesAustralia'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.

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