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Tennis: Nishikori downs Norrie to reach Hong Kong Open semifinals
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| Januari 4, 2025
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Kei Nishikori reached the Hong Kong Tennis Open semifinals on Friday after beating 49th-ranked Cameron Norrie of Britain 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 at the ATP 250 tournament.
The 35-year-old former world No. 4, currently ranked 106th, made the last four on tour for the first time since the Citi Open in Washington in August 2021.
"Most of the match he played solid but gave me a few chances," Nishikori is quoted as saying on the tour website. "I made more returns in the third set, played more aggressively and everything worked."
Nishikori broke to lead 4-2 in the third set, landing his winner just inside the baseline after reacting well to get on the end of a powerful Norrie groundstroke, before breaking again to seal it in 1 hour, 41 minutes.
Nishikori, who will return to the top 100 in the ATP rankings for the first time since June 2022 on Monday, will face China's 50th-ranked Shang Juncheng in the finals.
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