KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Kei Nishikori overcame five match points and beat Gael Monfils 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open.
The No. 16-seeded Monfils became soaked with sweat on a sweltering afternoon but rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the final set. Nishikori fell behind 0-40 serving at 4-5 but erased those match points and another in that game, and overcame one more match point serving in the 12th game.
He played a solid tiebreaker and closed out the victory with a forehand winner.
Seeded No. 6, Nishikori will play Friday against the winner of the match Thursday night between No. 12 Milos Raonic and No. 24 Nick Kyrgios.
