The singles quarterfinals of the men’s tennis HPP Open (Finland/Helsinki, indoor hard, ATP Challenger) were held on the 8th, with Kei Nishikori, ranked 132nd in the world, defeating 4th seed J. Fernley (Great Britain) 6-4. , 6-3 in straight sets, advancing to the top four in the challenger tournament for the second consecutive week.
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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, they have advanced to the top four in an official tournament for the first time in about 1 year and 5 months.
In this tournament, he defeated qualifier N. Alvarez Varona (Spain), who is ranked 384th in the world, in the first round, and J. Kim (Switzerland), the 7th seed, in the second round, making it into the final eight.
In the first set of the quarterfinal match against Fernley, ranked 94th in the world, Nishikori committed five double faults and allowed two breaks, but in the return game he got three breaks to take the lead.
In the second set, Nishikori succeeded in getting his second break in the eighth game, with both players getting one break each. In the end, he held the ninth game and won in straight sets.
Nishikori, who won, will face qualifying winner M. Lehberg (Germany), who is ranked 332nd in the world, in the semifinals. Rehberg advanced by defeating H. Squire (Germany), who is ranked 190th in the quarterfinals.
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