The last 48 hours of Kei Nishikori’s life were more epic than yours.
The good news is, now he has two days to rest.
After spending a combined eight hours and 34 minutes on court in his last two U.S. Open matches — and finishing his fourth-round match at 2:26 a.m. Tuesday — Nishikori became the first Japanese man to reach the semifinals of the U.S. Open since 1918 when they were known as the U.S. Championships.
In a taut match that spilled from afternoon into early evening inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, the 24-year-old outlasted No. 3 seed and reigning Australian Open champ Stan Wawrinka, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-4, in the quarterfinals. In Saturday’s semifinals, he will play the winner of Wednesday’s late encounter between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray for a berth in the championship match.
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