US Open: Kei Nishikori grabs second set to level match with Andy Murray

ByEurosport

Published 07/09/2016 at 19:37 GMT

Britain's Andy Murray is at one set all with Japan's Kei Nishikori as they fight for a place in the semi-finals of the US Open.

US Open 2016 - Andy Murray v Kei Nishikori

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The Scot started the match as a hot favourite to make it through, having been in blistering form in his quarter-final match, and whistled through the first set 6-1 in just over half an hour.

Murray assaults Nishikori's second serve

Murray looked in charge of the second set as he went a break up, but a rain delay changed the momentum in the match - and Nishikori broke back, before breaking again with Murray serving at 4-5 down in the second.

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That levelled the match - and the Scot, so dominant early on, now knows exactly what faces him: Nishikori has beaten the world number two before and is a former US Open finalist, having knocked out Novak Djokovic on this very same Arthur Ashe Court in the semi-finals in 2014.