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Murray ends Nishikori's dream run at Australian Open

Sports Jan. 25, 2012 - 04:00PM JST ( 13 )

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shanabelleJan. 25, 2012 - 04:08PM JST

A great effort from Kei, best wishes for a great season this year!
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BurakuminDesJan. 25, 2012 - 04:27PM JST

Well done to the Murray kid - he looked fresh and had too much stamina for Mr. Nishikori. Congrats to Kei - first man from Japan to make Quarters of a Major in 17 years is an achievement - but he has to go one better now and beat the big boys. As another poster recently said, bulking up may be necessary to compete with these guys - the game has changed now - some of them have the body strength of a weightlifter with the technique of Bjorn Borg! Federer for the Cup for mine, even though all the bookies are saying Djokevic is a special...
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ihope2eatwhalesJan. 25, 2012 - 05:33PM JST

To be seeded 24 and make the best 8, and lose to world no. 4 is a great effort. Kei had some long matches prior to this (beating 6th seed Tsonga) while Murray won his last match by partial default too, which wouldn't have helped Kei's chances. Kei's ATP ranking may possibly break into the high teens with this effort. It's going to be a good year!
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cracaphatJan. 25, 2012 - 05:57PM JST

Nishi had a go,but the gulf in class as I expected, was evident. I'd say his playing mixed doubles unnecessarily was a waste of time and took away from him.He needs to get stronger,but also work on coming into the net.But he got some live tennis on the idiot box which was nice since I could have a good look.And hopefully he will grow in confidence from his run.
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shanabelleJan. 25, 2012 - 06:02PM JST

cracaphat I agree, playing a rather meaningless mixed doubles match, with an already suspect ankle injury wasn't the brightest choice!
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spudmanJan. 25, 2012 - 06:12PM JST

I fear this is Keis pinnacle moment, no one will take him lightly any more and his weaknesses have been well revealed to all. Good luck to him in the future but fear it's going to be tough.
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borschtJan. 25, 2012 - 06:54PM JST

So could we say Murray got Nishikori's scalp?
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Patrick SmashJan. 25, 2012 - 07:27PM JST

Shame really. As an Englishman I have no time at all for Andrew (I hate England) Murray.
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calm downJan. 25, 2012 - 09:20PM JST

Hopefully he'll be all the better for the experience and be battle ready and hardened for London,New York and Paris !! What a great story he is of commitment to cause.
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jamuraiJan. 25, 2012 - 09:56PM JST

Patrick Smash, you obviously don't know (or care) about the real story behind that. He was pressed into answering a juvenile question about who he would support in the World Cup considering Scotland were not in it. It was an obvious dig by the reporter and he answered, laughing (but appearing somewhat annoyed by the question), "Anyone but England." Touche...now he's an England hater. Oh for the glory days of Bunny Austin, eh. Good to see Nishikori doing so well though, hopefully he'll keep improving. And hopefully Murray will at last get the slam his quality deserves...and when he does no doubt you'll be watching Timmy Henman v. Jeremy Bates in some seniors exhibition...
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smithinjapanJan. 25, 2012 - 10:19PM JST

So much for scalping him, I guess, but Nishikori deserves a heartfelt congrats. And at 22 I'm sure we'll hear from him again as he continues to move up in the tennis world.
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irishosaruJan. 26, 2012 - 09:29AM JST

@ Jamurai

agree with all your post except about his quality deserving a grand slam event. I don't think he's good enough to beat Djokovic, Nadal or Federer when it really matters. He's unfortunate that there are three genuinely great players around right now - he would have been a slam winner in other eras.
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ParisTiltinJan. 26, 2012 - 11:25AM JST

way to go! you are great, murray