Kei Nishikori was made to work hard for his place in the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp on Wednesday. The third seed and three-time former semi-finalist beat qualifier Jared Donaldson 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two hours and 23 minutes. Nishikori took a 4-0 lead in the 51-minute opener, but 20-year-old #NextGenATP American Donaldson won the next six games. Nishikori opened up a 3-0 lead in the second set, which included coming through a 20-point third game, before No. 105-ranked Donaldson fought back. The Japanese star took control in the decider, with a break to 15 in the third game. ”I had a great start today until 4-0, and then I had one bad game. He started playing...
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