Kei Nishikori discusses saving three match points against #NextGenATP American Tommy Paul to reach the Citi Open semi-finals. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
Watch Thursday highlights from the Citi Open, featuring Kei Nishikori versus Juan Martin del Potro and Kevin Anderson playing Dominic Thiem, plus Milos Raonic and Jack Sock. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples/Citi Open
Kei Nishikori has been burning the midnight oil this week at the Citi Open. After an opening-round win over Donald Young that ended after 1:30am, his Thursday match against 13th seed Juan Martin del Potro spilled into Friday. The 2015 champion hit his final ball of the night at 2:00am local time to reach the quarter-finals over the Argentine 6-4, 7-5. "It was a very tight game and we played great tennis in the second set," said Nishikori. "I was dominating my service games and very happy with my tennis today." The Japanese player went into the match trailing del Potro 1-5 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head, but was in firm control throughout much of the contest. However, it appeared...
Watch Hot Shot as Kei Nishikori is body-jammed on Tuesday before turning the defence into offence against Donald Young at the Citi Open. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images