On the 4th, tennis player Kei Nishikori advanced to the second round by defeating a Russian player in the first round of the tour tournament held in Spain with a set count of 2 to 1.
Nishikori, who is ranked 43rd in the world ranking, attended the clay court tournament in Madrid, Spain, before the French Open of the four major tournaments that will start at the end of this month.
In the first round, Nishikori played against Karen Khachanov of Russia, who ranked 23rd in the world.
In the first set, the competition was entwined with a tiebreaker, and Nishikori struck a tough course and attacked, but he couldn't break the sticky opponent and was taken 6-7.
From the 2nd set, when Nishikori aggressively set up and grabbed the flow, he did not allow the opponent to counterattack as it was and took the 2nd set 6-2 and the 3rd set 6-2 with a set count of 2 to 1 I decided to advance to the second round.
Nishikori will face Germany's Alexander Zverev in 6th place in the world in the next round.