Kei Nishikori didn’t hide the fact that this year he will focus a lot on clay tournaments. The Japanese has decided to compete in Buenos Aires and then in Rio instead of defending his title in Memphis (hard courts) where he has won for four consecutive years.

Kei reached the final in Buenos Aires after battling against a sticky Carlos Berloq. After exchanging the first two sets, the key moment of the match was when Kei managed to recover a 1-break-down deficit in the decider (1-2) to win four consecutive games (5-2), and conquer the contest in 2 hours and 43 minutes. The final score was 4-6 6-4 6-3.

The final vs. Dolgopolov

Kei will play a revived Alexandre Dolgopolov in the final. The head to head is 5-0 for the Japanese that has never conceded a single set to his upcoming opponent.