Men’s Tennis HPP Open (Finland/Helsinki, Indoor Hard, ATP Challenger) The second round of singles was held on the 7th, where world No. 132 Kei Nishikori defeated No. 7 seed J. Kim (Switzerland) 6-3, 1. -6, 6-2 in full sets, advancing to the top eight of the challenger tournament for the second consecutive week.
＞＞[Video]Nishikori’s strong return ace in the second round＜＜
＞＞Kei Nishikori Quarterfinals 1 point quick report/results＜＜
＞Kei Nishikori and others HPP open combination ＜＜
Nishikori, 34 years old and former world No. 4, played at the Slovak Open 2024 (Slovakia/Bratislava, indoor hard, ATP Challenger) last week and last June’s Caribbean Open (Puerto Rico/Palmas del Mar, hard, ATP Challenger). Since then, he has advanced to the top four in an official tournament for the first time in about 1 year and 5 months.In the first round, N. Alvarez, the qualifying winner and ranked 384th in the world, They defeated Barona (Spain) in straight sets and advanced to the second round.
In the second round, Nishikori suddenly conceded a break in the second game of the first set, but immediately after, in the third game, he had a chance to break back, and was able to successfully counterattack thanks to Kim’s volley mistake. After that, the game was evenly matched, with both players keeping their service games, but in the 7th game, they found a chance to win from a deep return and got their second break. He succeeded in getting the second break and came from behind to take the first set.
In the second set, Nishikori wanted to take control of the 21-year-old Kim, who is ranked 134th in the world, a career high, but after getting a break point in the first game, he ended up double faulting. committed and preceded. She then conceded a break in the third game, won the first four games in a row, and took the second set to Kim.
In the final set, Nishikori had a big chance at 0-40 in the third game, but although he was overtaken by one point, in the end Kim made a painful double fault and broke first. In the third game, he beat two break points, then in the fourth game he got his second break of the set and extended his lead. Nishikori held on to this and won the heated battle in 1 hour and 36 minutes.
In the quarterfinals, he will face 4th seed John Fearnley (Great Britain). Fernley advanced by defeating E. Nava (USA), who is ranked 200th in the world, in the second round.
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