At the US Open, one of the four major tennis tournaments, the second round of men's singles was held on the 2nd, and Kei Nishikori won the American player with a full set with a set count of 3 to 2.
Nishikori, who is ranked 56th in the world ranking in men's singles, will face American Mackenzie McDonald in 61st place in the world, who lost in the semifinals of the tour tournament last month in the second round held on the 2nd of the 4th day of the tournament. bottom.
In the match, Nishikori won the tiebreaker in the first set and took it 7-6, and then took the second set 6-3.
However, he allowed the opponent to counterattack from here and was robbed of the 3rd and 4th sets in a row, and the match entered the 5th set.
Nishikori, who boasts a high winning percentage in tangled games until the final set, scored points firmly in the game of this 5th set, took 6-3, set count 3 to 2, match time 3 hours 57 minutes hot battle I won and proceeded to the third round.
In the third round, we will face Serbian Novak Djokovic, who lost in the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics and is number one in the world.
In the other Japanese teams, Misaki Doi lost straight in the second round of the women's singles and did not advance to the third round.