Kei and Milos are still on to reach another final in Japan.
Last year home favourite NIshikori won an historical tournament in Tokyo defeating Milos 7-6 (5) 3-6 6-0 in the final.
This year Milos is seeded no3 and Kei no.4 and they have a clear shot to repeat last year’s final.
Nishikori
After coming from the brink against Jurgen Melzer in the opener, Kei had a much better life in the next round when he beat Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (6) 6-0. Match Stats
In the next round Kei will play world no. 17 Nicolas Almagro. Head to head is 1-0 for the Japanese.
Raonic
Milos had a much easier life to win both matches in straight sets against home favourite Go Soeda 6-4 7-6 (0) and then Jeremy Chardy 6-4 6-3.
In the next round Milos will play world no. 81 Lukas Lacko that is coming straight from the qualification.
