Kei Nishikori reaches is second consecutive final in Memphis and now he should climb a huge mountain in the final: boom boom Karlovic.
The Japanese conceded only 5 games to world no. 98 Michael Russel. The match lasted only 4 games as Kei recovered from a 1-3 deficit to win 7 consecutive games and lead 6-3 2-0. Then the Japanese cruised to a comfortable 6-3 6-2 win. Match stats.
On the other part of the draw Karlovic got to the final as his opponent the Taiwanese Yen-Hsun Lu retired for a neck injury
Head to head
Nishikori and Karlovic have played each other twice; h2h is 2-0 for Ivo.
