LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Three-time defending champion Kei Nishikori and Japanese compatriot Yoshihito Nishioka, a 130th-ranked qualifier, advanced to the quarter-finals of the ATP Memphis Open on Wednesday with straight-sets triumphs.Top seed Nishikori defeated 124th-ranked Ryan Harrison 6-2, 7-5 to book a last-eight date against Kazakstans Mikhail Kukushkin in the indoor hardcourt tournament.Seventh-ranked Nishikori beat the American in the second round at Memphis for the second year in a row. Nishikori also won their only other prior meeting last year at Indian Wells.Nishikori served for the match in the 10th game of the second set but Harrison denied him on …read more
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