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Ki Nishikuri celebrates his victory over Croatian Evo Karlovic at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday. Photo: Edgar Sue – Reuters
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Kee Nishikori survived a tough stance against Croatian Ivo Karlovic before qualifying for the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 7-6 (6-0) victory. ), 5-7, 5-7 and 7-6 (7).
In the heat of Margaret Curt's court, the Japanese Nishikuri looked set to win after advancing in the first two sets, but fell back into his powerful 39-year-old opponent.
After 59 shots on goal against Karlovic, Nishikori held the last 10 difficult points of the break and fell to his knees after the Croatian failed to bear the final blow.
Nishikuri will meet the winner of the match between Joao Souza and Philipp Kollshreiber for a seat in the fourth round.
Prepared by Ahmed Mustafa for the Arabic publication
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