ASIA / PACIFIC
February 2, 2015
Nishikori not disappointed
with Australian Open finish
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ELBOURNE, Australia — U.S. Open runner-
up Kei Nishikori was circumspect about his
quarterfinal loss at the Australian Open, saying
there’s nothing wrong with getting to the final eight of any
Grand Slam tournament.
He’s done it three times now — two of them at
Melbourne Park — but he realizes there is plenty of room
for improvement.
Nishikori had few answers for Stan Wawrinka’s
shot-making and excellent serving in a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (6) loss
to the defending champion.
At the U.S. Open last year, Nishikori beat Wawrinka in
the quarterfinal in five sets before beating Novak Djokovic
in the semis to reach his first Grand Slam final. He then
lost to Croatia’s Marin Cilic.
“It wasn’t really a bad week,” Nishikori said of the past
10 days in Melbourne. “It’s not easy getting to a
quarterfinal at Grand Slams. But I have to keep doing this
... playing tough all the time, playing a lot of matches,
especially at Grand Slams.”
Nishikori said after two relatively easy set wins for
Wawrinka, he felt more comfortable in the third set as he
challenged the Swiss player more.
“I could be a little more aggressive than the first and
second set,” Nishikori said. “I was mixing up serve and
volleys. My serve was much better than [the] first couple
sets because I was making more first serves.”
In the tiebreaker, Wawrinka looked to be cruising but
the Japanese player saved match point after match
point with a combination of great shots and errors by
Wawrinka.
Nishikori made the biggest error at the wrong time,
however, attempting a drop shot from the back of the court
that bundled into the net. That set up another match point
for Wawrinka, which he converted with an ace, his 20th of
the match.
“Yeah, the tiebreaker was really close,” Nishikori said.
“If I could get that one (the attempted drop shot), it might
change the whole thing. But he was serving really well
until the end of the set, so I think I have to give him credit.”
Nishikori said he had spoken to his coach, former
French Open champion Michael Chang, right after the
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point won against David Ferrer of Spain during a match at the Australian
Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. Nishikori lost in the
quarterfinal of the tournament, but said he had spoken to his coach, for-
mer French Open champion Michael Chang, about ways to improve his
game. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
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