Nishikori battles past Isner after saving a MP

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Kei Nishikori wins an extremely tough match against John Isner in the Indian Wells 4th round.

The world no. 6 had to dig deep after losing the opener 6-1 to grab the 2nd and 3rd set both at the tiebreak. On the way to the 3rd set tiebreak, Nishikori saved a match point on his serve (5-6 30-40), but the real drama unfolded in the last breaker when Kei and John were on a 5-all score-line. In the end it was the Japanese plsyer who wrapped up the match 1-6 7-6 (2) 7-6 (5) after 2 hours and 10 minutes.



 

Next vs. Nadal

Kei will play the quarters against Rafael Nadal. The head to head is 7-1 for the King of Clay, but Kei has a good shot at winning this one.

 

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