Fourth seed Kei Nishikori reached the BNP Paribas Open quarter-finals for the second year in a row as he defeated Donald Young 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday in Indian Wells. The Japanese star rallied from a 1-4 deficit in the second set, winning the last five games to claim victory in 77 minutes. It was his fifth win in five FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings with the No. 60-ranked Young, who had reached two semi-finals last month in Memphis and Delray Beach. “He started playing much better in the second set, beginning of the second set. I think he was stepping in a little more. And, for me, I think I backed up a little bit,” Nishikori said. “From [1-4], I think...
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