The second round of the Tokyo Olympics and tennis men's singles was held on the 27th, and Kei Nishikori won the close game and advanced to the third round.
Nishikori defeated the 7th-ranked player in the world ranking straight in the first round, and achieved the first round in the men's singles of the Olympic Games for the third consecutive tournament.
In the second round on the 27th at Ariake Tennis Forest in Koto-ku, Tokyo, he played against Marcos Giron of the United States in 65th place in the world.
Nishikori played with high precision, such as deciding the forehand on a tough course in the first set, but the opponent countered with a strong serve of over 200 km and was entangled in a tiebreaker from the first set.
At the tiebreaker, Nishikori showed his strength in the game, such as deciding a sharp shot with his strong backhand at the line, and took this set 7-6.
In the second set, after a break against the first service game, mistakes overlapped and dropped 3-6, but in the final third set, a sense of stability was regained by serving and stroke, and a slow and slow drop shot. I took the initiative and took the initiative 6-1.
Nishikori advanced to the third round with a set count of 2: 1 after a full set of 2 hours and 18 minutes.
In the third round on the 28th, we will face Belarusian Ilya Ibashka in 66th place in the world.
"I was able to hit it firmly from myself"
Nishikori said, "I didn't know because it was my first match against the opponent, but in the third set, I changed my strategy a little and was able to hit firmly from myself."
And he seemed to feel a good response, saying, "The content was much better than I was a few months ago."
Also, the Belarusian player who will play in the next 3rd round is also the first player to play, and he said, "I think it will be a tough fight because I am a good hard hitter player, but I want to recover my physical strength and go to the match." rice field.