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Japan's Nishikori knocks Federer out of Madrid Masters
Japan's world number 14 Kei Nishikori dumped defending champion Roger Federer out of the Madrid Masters at the third round stage on Thursday as he beat the 17-time Grand Slam champion 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Japan's world number 14 Kei Nishikori dumped defending champion Roger Federer out of the Madrid Masters at the third round stage on Thursday as he beat the 17-time Grand Slam champion 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Federer, who returned to the tour in the Spanish capital after a two-month layoff, was broken in the fifth game of the first set as Nishikori went onto seal it comfortably 6-4.
The Swiss seemed to have found his rhythm in the second as a double break saw him take the set 6-1, but Nishikori dominated the third set as he broke to go 2-1 in front and then again in the final game to move into the quarter-finals.
Nishikori will face Spain's Pablo Andujar for a place in the semi-finals.
Topics mentioned in this article
Tennis
Mark Knowles
Mahesh Bhupathi
Roger Federer
David Ferrer
Rafael Nadal
Stanislas Wawrinka
Samantha Stosur
Kei Nishikori
Bernard Tomic
Novak Djokovic
Andy Murray
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