LONDON – Kei Nishikori needed two days and five nail-biting sets but eventually defeated Italy’s Simone Bolelli 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon for the first time in his career on Monday.
Momentum ebbed and flowed throughout the over three-hour-long saga, but Nishikori had just enough in the tank to overcome a valiant effort from 132nd-ranked Bolelli.
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