{"id":32477,"date":"2017-01-22T16:22:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T16:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32477"},"modified":"2017-01-22T16:22:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T16:22:39","slug":"australian-open-federer-outlasts-nishikori-for-last-eight-berth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32477","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open: Federer outlasts Nishikori for last eight berth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31981\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-most-marketable-athlete.jpg\" alt=\"Roger Federer most marketable athlete\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-most-marketable-athlete.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-most-marketable-athlete-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-most-marketable-athlete-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Melbourne: Former World No.1 Roger Federer dug in his heels to stop Japanese Kei Nishikori, rallying past the fifth seed 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, to enter the quarter-finals of the Australian Open tennis tournament here on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Federer, the 17-time Grand Sam winner, won in three hours and 23 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Federer secured a milestone 200th win over a top 10-ranked opponent, becoming the first active player to achieve the feat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read :<a href=\"tennis-news\/international\/43685-graf-cawley-williams-wynne-bolton-and-court-most-successful-women-players-in-australian-open\">Graf, Cawley, Williams, Wynne Bolton and Court: Most successful women players in Australian Open<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He played his heart out and I thought he played a great match, I&#8217;m happy to be a part of it,&#8221; Federer was quoting as saying by atpworldtour.com after his match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was hanging tough and playing really well on the big points. I was telling myself to stay calm and this is what I trained for in the off-season. This is a big moment for me in my career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The four-time champion exhibited great resolve in fighting back.<\/p>\n<p>He will feature in the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park for the 13th time in the last 14 years, with a date against German Mischa Zverev, who stunned World No.1 Andy Murray earlier on Sunday, awaiting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Federer have won their previous two encounters against Zverev.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31981\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-most-marketable-athlete.jpg\" alt=\"Roger Federer most marketable athlete\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-most-marketable-athlete.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-most-marketable-athlete-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-most-marketable-athlete-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Melbourne: Former World No.1 Roger Federer dug in his heels to stop Japanese Kei Nishikori, rallying past the fifth seed 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, to enter the quarter-finals of the Australian Open tennis tournament here on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Federer, the 17-time Grand Sam winner, won in three hours and 23 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[417,466,5563,234,12894],"class_list":["post-32477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis-tennis","tag-australian-open-tennis-tournament","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-kei-nishikori","tag-roger-federer","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>Australian Open: Federer outlasts Nishikori for last eight berth - 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=32477\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australian Open: Federer outlasts Nishikori for last eight berth - 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: Former World No.1 Roger Federer dug in his heels to stop Japanese Kei Nishikori, rallying past the fifth seed 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, to enter the quarter-finals of the Australian Open tennis tournament here on Sunday. 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