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#1 ·
His draw & section

Marin Cilic CRO (12)

Marinko Matosevic AUS


Qualifier

Adrian Ungur ROU


Qualifier

Qualifier


Qualifier

Kei Nishikori JPN (17)


:lol:Kind of crazy draw:lol:
Anyone doesn't know 1R and 2R opponents:eek:
3R is tough for Kei even he has good record against Marin.

GL:worship:
 
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#2 ·
Hello kiriri, thanks for posting Kei's section (lots of spaces TBC, :D )
1st round starting soon, against a young qualifier - Nishikori vs Andreozzi

Can't underestimate any player that survived the quallies, even though Kei is the clear favourite here. Do your best Kei!
 
#5 ·
Hello bee, I watched the match up till the rain delay in the third.
Not much to comment on this match, pretty much went according to plan I would say except for mother nature's interruption.

My poor recollection aside, I think Kei was up 5-0 before losing the one and only game in the first set.
Nothing overly impressive by either player, but I thought Guido Andreozzi played alright for his first major debut. He's got the bigger serve and hit more aces(but also more DFs), and on occasion out hit Kei in the rallies.

Kei with more experience, played the stats with a smarter game and got the job done in straights.
But I thought he wasn't returning well, so hopefully it gets better in round 2.

Next faces Tim Smyczek of USA which Kei has a losing record against...yikes!
Commanding a more solid performance from Kei!

PS. The stats page from US OPEN site is pretty neat, especially the momentum graph, didn't notice it before...
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/stats/day7/1128ms.html
 
#7 ·
^^^ No problem bee :)

Round 2 about to start, players warming up...I would expect more supporters in the crowd cheering the American today, so GO KEI!!!
 
#15 ·
It was a fairly rountine win, his 1st and 2nd round was against players ranked outside 150 so it's expected from him... Although we're probably still getting used to it :D
This is how it should be now that he's seeded, spend less time on court in the early stages and have more left in the tank against the big guns (might be Cilic next).

The result consist of Smyczek making quite a lot of errors and Kei managed to stay focus for 3 straight sets!

Kei won 6-2,6-2,6-4

i couldnt even watch the match properly coz of the stupid stream, but anyways so happy Kei won in straight sets :D
Which site/stream were you using? Try tennisform.com, worked great for me.
 
#16 ·
Okay call me bad, but i keep on praying that Cilic would lose in the first round and even the second round...but sadly he keeps on escaping death :devil: I just hope Cilic would be too tired against his match with Nishikori. And really, Kei would play so well! Now that Tsonga is out, Kei has really a great chance to reach QF, but yeah he must survive Cilic first :D
 
#17 ·
If you're bad then I must be worst (as a supporter) because on the contrary, I was kind of hoping they will face each other (with Kei winning of course ;) ).
I want to watch some good tennis and this was a great matchup, one of the most anticipated 3rd round for me.

And with Tsonga out of his section, the draw has opened up even more. Hope Kei can take full advantage here.
 
#19 ·
Kei is down 2 sets to love...

FIGHT Nishi!!!
 
#21 ·
Kei got the third set! 3-6 4-6 7-6(3)

Finally showing some spirit, I know he's got to play within himself, but he was too passive in the first two sets.
You can't beat Cilic playing defence all the time, at least not today cause Cilic is on top of his game.
 
#22 ·
Kei lost :sad:
3-6 4-6 7-6(3) 3-6

Was broken early in the 4th set and couldn't turn things around.
Only 1/9 bps won, missed too many chances and missed a big opportunity to reach QF here.
Just wasn't enough today and Cilic seem very determined.

Hope he can stay healthy and maybe win a title before the season is over, he has a fair bit of points to defend in the coming months.
 
#24 ·
Yeah, too soon for Kei to be going home...and the next slam is so far away
 
#25 ·
I managed to watch the first set, but got annoyed at my streams and went to bed instead... was hoping that I wake up to good news, but unfortunately no!
ahh this sucks, was hoping Kei would make it to the QF atleast :(

I wonder where Kei is playing next after USO...
 
#26 ·
Yeah it's frustrating to see him lose so early and especially when his side of the draw was quite inviting.

The asian swing starts soon, and Kei said in a post match interview that he will be going to Kuala Lumpur, Japan, Shanghai.
 
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