David Ferrer He surpassed the Japanese Kei Nishikori 6-4 and 6-2, and qualified for the sixth time in his career for the quarterfinals of the Miami Masters 1000. The javiense tennis player will face Austrian Jurgen Melzer.
Ferrer had to fight thoroughly to subdue Nishikori, the Javea, had an advantage of 5-2 in the first set but was when the Japanese turned on all his weapons and precisely managed to level the match, thwarting one 5-4 Ferrer and service, which darkened somewhat with a line judge because of a couple of decisions.
Recovered serenity and much more concentrated, David Ferrer fought with his usual grip but needed four set points and 48 minutes to clinch the first set. Then, the physical wear Japanese took its toll, and Ferrer wore with intense exchanges to close the match in 81 minutes, with the third double fault of the Japanese as a closure.
In his eleventh appearance in this tournament, Ferrer is in the quarterfinals for the third time, and searching for the semifinals in 2005 and 2006 achieved. His record in the tournament is already 23 wins and ten defeats, and seems to have regained his form after being eliminated at the first hurdle in Indian Wells.
David Ferrer congratulated by Nishikori in Miami.
