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Kei Nishikori (image is Japan Open) |
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The men’s tennis HPP Open (Finland/Helsinki, indoor hard, ATP Challenger) was held on the 9th in the singles semi-final between Kei Nishikori, ranked 132nd in the world, and M. Lehberg (Germany), the qualifying winner and ranked 332nd, on the center court. It was scheduled for 2 games. The first match on the same court is scheduled to start at 21:00 Japan time (14:00 local time) on the 9th.
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The two meet for the first time.
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, the first round will be played by qualifier N. Alvarez Varona (Spain), who is ranked 384th in the world, the second round will be played by 7th seed J. Kim (Switzerland), and the quarterfinals will be played by 4th seed J. Fearnley (UK). They have defeated and entered the final four.
On the other hand, 21-year-old Rehberg advanced by defeating world No. 190 H. Squire (Germany) in the quarterfinals.
The winner of this match will face either 5th seed L. Nardi (Italy) or world No. 218 D. Yevseyev (Kazakhstan) in the final.
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(November 9, 2024 7:04)
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