Tennis Nishikori loses to Nishioka for the first match Masters Tournament 2nd Round August 15th 2:53
In the second round of the Tennis Masters tournament in the United States, Kei Nishikori played against Yoshioka Nishioka and lost a straight set count of 0-2.
Nishikori, who is ranked 5th in the world ranking, participated in one of the four major tournaments that started in late this month, the Masters Tournament ranked after the four major tournaments held in Cincinnati, USA as a prelude to the US Open.
Nishikori played for the first time in the tour tournament with Nishioka, who ranked 77th in the world ranking in the second round on the 14th, the first game of the tournament.
Nishikori lost his points from the first set and lost points with two double faults in the third game. After that, in the 10th game, we broke the service game of Nishioka, but this set was lost at 6-7 after the tie break.
In the second set, Nishikori took the break by taking the forehand sharp shot in the 7th game, but when the 8th game was taken back, Nishioka took the top-spin forehand shot. Also, taking the lead in the play that made use of footwork, lost the second set in 4-6 and lost the straight with a set count of 0-2.
The winner, Nishioka, entered the tournament for the first time in the third round.
Nishioka "A big page in tennis life"
Yoshihito Nishioka, 77th in the world, who defeated 5th-ranked Kei Nishikori in the world ranking and advanced to the third round, “The day before, I was happy that I could play with Nishikori so much that I could not sleep. I've been watching the game, and how I won it, I was planning a good strategy, especially Saab tried to change speed, try a lot of rotation, hit a different ball every time. I think it will be a big page in tennis life. ”