Big-serving Australian Nick Kyrgios came back from a set down to capture the Japan Open title with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over Belgium's David Goffin in Sunday's final.
World No. 15 Kyrgios, who arrived in Tokyo with a reputation as the enfant terrible of tennis but left having charmed the crowd with his flamboyant style, could not cope with world No. 14 Goffin's accuracy in the first set and fell into a hole after being broken for only the second time this week at Ariake Colosseum.
But Kyrgios came storming back with a series of booming serves in the second set before breaking Goffin to take a 5-4 lead in the third, and the 21-year-old sealed the deal with his 25th ace of the match to claim his third title of the season following wins at Marseille and Atlanta.