{"id":246625,"date":"2016-09-08T05:26:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T05:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=246625"},"modified":"2016-09-08T05:26:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T05:26:07","slug":"us-open-kei-nishikori-stuns-andy-murray-in-five-sets-to-reach-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/us-open-kei-nishikori-stuns-andy-murray-in-five-sets-to-reach-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open: Kei Nishikori stuns Andy Murray in five sets to reach semis"},"content":{"rendered":"
Britain’s Andy Murray made his earliest Grand Slam exit of the year as Japan’s Kei Nishikori fought back to win their US Open quarter-final in five sets.<\/p>\n
Murray, seeded second, led by two sets to one but eventually lost 1-6 6-4 4-6 6-1 7-5 in three hours 57 minutes.<\/p>\n
The Wimbledon champion lost his rhythm after rain brought the roof across, and his cool when the stadium sound system interrupted a break point.<\/p>\n
Sixth seed Nishikori goes on to face Juan Martin del Potro or Stan Wawrinka.<\/p>\n
“It was too exciting on the court, but I tried to stay calm,” said Nishikori, the 2014 runner-up in New York.<\/p>\n
“In the beginning I didn’t start well – he has a great return – but I finished well. The rain delay helped me to change tactics. I tried to hit a few more drop-shots than usual today and it worked really well.”<\/p>\n
Murray, 29, had been on course to become only the fourth man since the Open era began in 1968 to reach all four major finals in the same year, having finished runner-up at the Australian and French Opens, and won Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
Sound system ‘malfunction’ upsets Murray<\/strong><\/p>\n