Third seed Kei Nishikori broke through against two-time Swiss Indoors Basel champion Juan Martin del Potro on Friday, recording his first win over the Argentine in five attempts to advance to the semi-finals, 7-5, 6-4. A single break of serve in each set was all Nishikori needed to move into the final four. The Japanese star saved all eight break points against him during the match, while accumulating 10 break point chances of his own. Nishikori hadn’t taken a set off del Potro in any of their four previous meetings. He’s now won 55 ATP World Tour matches in 2016, more than any other season. Nishikori will look to reach his fifth final of the year against Gilles Muller, against...
Top seeds Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau came out on top in a tight quarter-final on Thursday at the Swiss Indoors Basel, moving past Treat Huey/Max Mirnyi, 6-7(9), 6-4, 10-4. Rojer/Tecau are looking for their second ATP World Tour doubles title of 2016, having already prevailed in Madrid. Awaiting them in the final four is the winner of the match between third seeds Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram and Robert Lindstedt/Michael Venus. Read: Klaasen/Ram Qualify For Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Second seeds Nicolas Mahut/Edouard Roger-Vasselin enjoyed a routine quarter-final win over David Marrero/Marcin Matkowski, 6-1, 6-4. They’ll compete for a place in the final over fourth seeds Marcel Granollers/Jack Sock, who advanced via retirement over Dominic Inglot/Florin Mergea, 7-5, 2-2. View The Emirates...