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Madrid Open 2019: Kei Nishikori holds off determined Hugo Dellien to set up third round clash against Stan Wawrinka

Agence France-Presse • May 8, 2019, 22:55:07 IST
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Nishikori has lost his last two meetings with Wawrinka, including a three-set defeat in Rotterdam in February, when his Swiss opponent went on to reach his first final since undergoing knee surgery in 2017

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Madrid Open 2019: Kei Nishikori holds off determined Hugo Dellien to set up third round clash against Stan Wawrinka

Madrid: Kei Nishikori will face Stan Wawrinka in the third round of the Madrid Open after battling past Bolivian qualifier Hugo Dellien on Wednesday. [caption id=“attachment_6596831” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![File image of Kei Nishikori. Reuters](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Kei-Nishikori-380-Reuters.jpg) File image of Kei Nishikori. Reuters[/caption] Nishikori needed just over two hours to win 7-5, 7-5 after Dellien saved seven set points during an impressive fightback from 5-1 down in the opening set. The Japanese will go up against Wawrinka on Thursday for a place in the quarter-finals. The winner could play Rafael Nadal. Wawrinka beat Argentina’s Guido Pella 6-3, 6-4, with a break in each set proving enough for the three-time Grand Slam champion. Nishikori has lost his last two meetings with Wawrinka, including a three-set defeat in Rotterdam in February, when his Swiss opponent went on to reach his first final since undergoing knee surgery in 2017. The pair have reached 12 grand slam semi-finals between them. Nishikori’s compatriot and world number one Naomi Osaka is through to the quarter-finals of the women’s tournament for the first time after she eased past Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2, 6-3. Osaka pulled out of the semi-finals in Stuttgart last month with an abdominal injury but has said she is no longer feeling discomfort during matches. “The ab injury was always sort of in the back of my mind, but that was more in the first round and now I feel fine, so that’s great. I’m at a really good place right now. I feel like I’m having fun playing tennis again which is always a good thing for me. I always play well if I have that mentality,” Osaka said. In the last eight, the two-time major champion will face either Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic who beat Ukraine’s Kateryna Kozlova 6-0, 6-2. A potential semi-final foe for Osaka is world number three Simona Halep, who annihilated Slovakian Viktoria Kuzmova 6-0, 6-0 in 44 minutes. Halep is chasing her third Madrid title after winning the tournament in 2016 and 2017.

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