Holger Rune makes quarter-finals against Kei Nishikori clear · tennisnet.com

Holger Rune defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 6:2, 6:4 at the ATP 500 tournament in Tokyo and is now in the quarterfinals. Kei Nishikori is waiting there now.

The match went smoothly for Holger Rune. The Dane was able to take two service games from his opponent Yoshihito Nishioka in the first set and rewarded himself with a quick set lead. This also did not change the support of the Japanese audience for the local hero.

Holger Rune was very focused on his own serve and gave his opponent, who is currently ranked 59th in the world, no chance of a break point. With another early break in the second round, the 21-year-old showed a short phase of weakness and allowed Nishikoa back into the match. But the Japanese couldn’t withstand the subsequent pressure and had the serve taken away again.

Holger Rune now meets Kei Nishikori

The preliminary decision to advance to the quarter-finals, in which Holger Rune will meet another Japanese player, Kei Nishikori. The experienced returnee to the tour took Jordan Thompson out of the tournament in two sets and confirmed his improving form after his win against Marin Cilic.

Tomas Machac also won the tiebreak of the third set against Tommy Paul. In the round of the last eight players in the Japanese capital, the opponent was Alex Michelsen, who prevailed against Christopher O’Connell.

Here is the complete individual tableau from Tokyo

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