Nadal v Del Potro and Raonic v Isner to follow in last eightWilliams battles back | Diary: Ivanisevic takes bite out of EnglandAnd why not email Jacob or tweet him here 2.56pm BST Kei Nishikori is mainlining winners now, ramming a forehand down the line for 0-15. Novak Djokovic needs to weather the storm. But he’s looking a little more bedraggled after double-faulting for 0-30 and positively drenched when he knocks a forehand long to hand Nishikori three break points. Djokovic saves the first two. The good thing is that his hair always stays in one place even when the wind’s swirling around him. It has that granite quality. So does he. He outlasts Nishikori in another long rally to force deuce. Nishikori shakes his head. Djokovic, meanwhile, is starting to take a long time to serve. He’s going over the 25-second limit a lot. He’s pushing it. But he holds for 3-2. 2.49pm BST The doctor and physio didn’t hang around long. It seems it was just a quick check for Kei Nishikori, which is just as well given that Novak Djokovic’s on the hunt for a break. The 12th seed carves out a break point with some vicious returning, but Nishikori saves it with a surprise advance to the net. That’s some smart volleying from Japan’s biggest tennis star and he follows it up with a superb forehand down the line to hold for 2-2. Continue reading…
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