Roger Federer will continue his bid for a 21st Grand Slam title as he faces world number seven Kei Nishikori in the quarter finals of Wimbledon. Despite being the eleventh time the two men have faced each other, they have only met once at a Grand Slam. In 2017 Federer got the better of his…
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Nishikori to bid for second Wimbledon quarter final against Kukushkin
Kei Nishikori will today look to become the second Japanese player to make multiple Wimbledon quarter finals as he takes on fourth round debutant Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan. Kimiko Date is currently the only Japanese player to have made more than one Wimbledon quarter, after she made the quarter finals of both the 1995 and…
Nishikori into sixth Wimbledon third round with ease
Eighth seed Kei Nishikori defeated British second round opponent Cameron Norrie on Centre Court in a match that lacked quality. Playing against each other for the first time, both men looked tight early on, each displaying a range of unforced errors. But at 3-2 up and having previously not won a point on the Japanese…
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