Men's tennis player Kei Nishikori entered the quarter-finals of the tour tournament for the first time in two seasons on the 5th, but lost with a set count of 0 to 2 and did not advance to the semi-finals.
Nishikori, 45th in the world ranking, played against Borna Coric of Croatia in 26th place in the world in the quarterfinals of the tour tournament held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on the 5th.
The game started from the first set, and Nishikori broke the opponent's service game first with a sharp return, but it was broken immediately after that. ..
In the second set, I accumulated points with play on the net and a tough course, but I could not break the sticky opponent and this set was also involved in the tiebreaker.
In the tiebreaker, he was targeted by the ball that became sweet in the rally and lost points and dropped 6-7.
As a result, Nishikori advanced to the quarter-finals for the first time in two seasons in the tour tournament, but lost to the straight with a set count of 0 to 2 and did not advance to the semi-finals.