INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA – Kei Nishikori lost to Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-5, 6-2 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday.
Nishikori, who had received a first-round bye, dropped the last three games of the opening set and never got back in the match in the second.
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