Olympics: Nishikori To Face Murray In Semi-finals

Zeeshan Mehtab Published August 13, 2016 | 11:35 AM

Olympics: Nishikori to face Murray in semi-finals

RIO DE JANEIRO, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Augst,2016) - Japanese fourth seed Kei Nishikori saved two match points to defeat France's Gael Monfils 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 7-6 (8/6) to reach the Olympic Games men's singles semi-finals on Friday.

Nishikori will face defending champion Andy Murray, who carved out a 6-0, 4-6, 7-6 (7/2) win over Steve Johnson of the United States, for a place in the gold medal match. Monfils had led 4/0 in the final set tiebreaker before his chances disappeared when he double-faulted on his second match point.

He was also undone by 51 unforced errors. Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro will meet in Saturday's other semi-final.

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