Nick Kyrgios drops Alexander Zverev to win Acapulco title

TIL Desk Sports/ Nick Kyrgios saved his best performance of a brilliant week for last as the Australian stunned second seed Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-4 to win the Acapulco International in Mexico on Saturday for his fifth career ATP title.

The temperamental Aussie, whose scintillating run to the final included wins over multiple grand slam winners Stanislas Wawrinka and Rafael Nadal, played free and focussed from the outset and frustrated German Zverev with a steady diet of drop shots.

Former world number 13 Kyrgios, who has fallen to 72 in the rankings, converted three of his break point opportunities and sealed the win on his first championship point with a massive serve that was too much for world number three Zverev to handle.

After a week in which he fired back at Nadal for criticising his behaviour on the court, Kyrgios was full of compliments for Zverev, 21, after being presented with the championship silver pear trophy and a black sombrero.