ATP TORONTO: Nishikori beats Wawrinka for his 3rd Masters 1000 final and the first Top 5 win since..

The 5th meeting between Kei Nishikori and Stan Wawrinka will be likely forgotten by tomorrow morning, that’s how poor and low-quality it was! Kei defeated Stan 7-6 6-1, in two completely different sets, but the match in general was full of errors on both sides, with more than 20 for each player already in the first set. This was 10th Masters 1000 semi-final for Kei overall, and he still follows the pattern of losing to Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray when he faced them and beating all other players. Thus, he will have a chance to fight for his first Masters 1000 crown in his 3rd final of this series. In addition, this was Kei’s first Top 5 win since US Open 2014 against Djokovic, losing the nest 16 matches against the guys from the very top of the game!

Wawrinka had a very good match against Anderson yesterday, one of the best for him in 2016 as he said, but he was unable to repeat that today, constantly serving under 50% and making a huge number of errors with his groundstrokes. Even in that circumstances, Swiss player was just a glimpse away from taking the opening set, wasting two set points in game 12, and another 2 in the tie break. Kei repelled them off and he never looked back once he stole the opener, with Wawrinka hardly even trying in set number 2, including one of the biggest misses of the season. Ironically, …

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