{"id":32171,"date":"2017-01-16T13:55:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T13:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32171"},"modified":"2017-01-16T13:55:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T13:55:55","slug":"nishikori-advances-after-tough-battle-in-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32171","title":{"rendered":"Nishikori advances after tough battle in Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-15941\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kei-Nishikori.jpg\" alt=\"Kei Nishikori\" width=\"202\" height=\"189\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kei-Nishikori.jpg 202w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kei-Nishikori-150x140.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/>Melbourne: Japanese tennis star <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/555-kei-nishikori\">Kei Nishikori<\/a><\/strong> showed his fighting prowess to start the Australian Open with a 5-7, 6-1, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-2 win against Russian Andrey Kuznetsov here on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth seed survived a gruelling three hours and 34 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read :<a href=\"tennis-news\/43551-kerber-survives-opening-round-scare-in-australian-open\">Kerber survives opening round scare in Australian Open<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t quite play great tennis in the beginning, but especially in the fifth set, I think I was really focused and played good tennis,&#8221; said Nishikori after the match, as quoted by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll try not to play a long match like this again. But the fifth set was pretty good, so I think I&#8217;m in good shape for the next round.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nishikori led the fourth-set tie-break 5-2 before Kuznetsov stormed back, winning six of the final seven points to force a fifth set.<\/p>\n<p>But Nishikori came through again under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>In the fifth set, Nishikori broke the 25-year-old right-hander to lead 3-1 and finished the match with another break.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t easy,&#8221; he observed.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old has reached the quarter-finals here at Melbourne Park three times &#8212; in 2012, 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>In the second round, he&#8217;ll meet Frenchman Jeremy Chardy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-15941\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kei-Nishikori.jpg\" alt=\"Kei Nishikori\" width=\"202\" height=\"189\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kei-Nishikori.jpg 202w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kei-Nishikori-150x140.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/>Melbourne: Japanese tennis star <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/555-kei-nishikori\">Kei Nishikori<\/a><\/strong> showed his fighting prowess to start the Australian Open with a 5-7, 6-1, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-2 win against Russian Andrey Kuznetsov here on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth seed survived a gruelling three hours and 34 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[268,466,5563,12894],"class_list":["post-32171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis-tennis","tag-australian-open","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-kei-nishikori","tag-tennis-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nishikori advances after tough battle in Australian Open - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32171\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nishikori advances after tough battle in Australian Open - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Melbourne: Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori showed his fighting prowess to start the Australian Open with a 5-7, 6-1, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-2 win against Russian Andrey Kuznetsov here on Monday. 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