Kei Nishikori wins an epic against Gael Monfils after saving 5 match points. The big drama unfolded in the 3rd set when Kei saved 3 consecutive match points in the 10th game when he was 4-5 0-40 down. Then the Special K saved another match point in the same game and another one in the 11th game (5-6). Finally, Nishikori won the match at the breaker. The result was 4-6 6-3 7-6 (3) and the match ended after two-and-a-half hours.
Nishikori. I thought I lost the match
Kei commented “When I was down 4-5, love-40, I thought it was going to be it,” The Japanese said. “It was going to be tough to come back. I tried to play one point at time.
I saw that he was down a little bit in the tie-break, so I tried to be focused. I did pretty well in the tie-break.”
The semi vs. Kyrgios
Kei will play an extremely interesting semi against Kyrgios. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishikori, but this time Kyrgios has a good shot at the Japanese.
Game on!
| TWITTER REACTION |
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| THE DRAW |
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| JAPANESE SURVIVOR |
