Tennis news - Kevin Anderson crushes Kei Nishikori in ATP Finals
/dnl.eurosport.com/sd/img/placeholder/eurosport_logo_1x1.png){kind=logo}
Updated 13/11/2018 at 16:53 GMT
South Africa's Kevin Anderson enjoyed a shockingly comfortable win over Kei Nishikori at the ATP Finals, beating Kei Nishikori 6-0, 6-1.
South Africa's Kevin Anderson celebrates beating Japan's Kei Nishikori during their men's singles round-robin match on day three of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament at the O2 Arena in London on November 13, 2018.
Image credit: Getty Images
It took him 64 minutes to wrap up the match and virtually ensure a place in the semi-finals.
Anderson took advantage of his opponent's errant serve and hit hard from the baseline throughout, forcing more mistakes.
Until the penultimate game of the second set, it looked like Anderson was going to secure only the second double-bagel in the history of the tournament, after Roger Federer's defeat of Gaston Gaudio in the 2005 semi-finals, but the Japanese finally held serve to save face.
/origin-imgresizer.eurosport.com/2018/11/13/2461318-51125070-2560-1440.jpg)
South Africa's Kevin Anderson (R) shakes hands with Japan's Kei Nishikori (L) after Anderson won their men's singles round-robin match on day three of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament at the O2 Arena in London on November 13, 2018.
Image credit: Getty Images
It was the pair's third meeting in less than three weeks, with Anderson winning 6-3, 7-6(3) in the final of the Vienna Open and Nishikori winning 6-4, 6-4 in the Paris Masters round of 16.
Nishikori had enjoyed a surprise win over Federer in his opening group match, beating him 7-6(4), 6-3 on Sunday evening, while Anderson had defeated Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-6(10) just prior to that.
Scan me
Related Topics
Share this article
/images.sports.gracenote.com/images/lib/basic/geo/country/flag/large/2789.png)
/images.sports.gracenote.com/images/lib/basic/geo/country/flag/large/2241.png)