Kei Nishikori became the first
Japanese player in 80 years they are doing through the quarter-finals of the
Australian Open on Monday (1/23/2012).
Nishikori, who is the tournament
seeded 24, has played suicide bombers to get rid of the seeds of six years,
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. Nishikori won 2-6 6-2 6-1 2-6 6-3.
The last Japanese player to
qualify for the Australian Open quarter-final Ryosuke Ninoi Satoh and Jiro did
in 1932.
With this success, in the
quarterfinals, Nishikori will face Andy Murray.
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