Fabio Fognini shocks Kei Nishikori to reach Miami Open semi-finals
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ByEurosport
Updated 30/03/2017 at 06:55 GMT
Fabio Fognini shocked world number four Kei Nishikori as he won 6-4 6-2 to progress to the Miami Open semi-finals.
Fabio Fognini of Italy serves to Kei Nishikori of Japan at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 29, 2017 in Key Biscayne, Florida.
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Fognini, who won the Croatia Open last year, has been in excellent form throughout the tournament and looked the more assured of the two from the start.
By contrast Nishikori, who has been struggling with a knee injury, looked off his game.
Nishikori will now drop out of the top five and will move down to seventh in the world in the new rankings on Monday.
Fognini will play in just his second Masters semi-final and he will face Rafael Nadal for a place in the final.
The Italian's semi-final place means for the first time in a decade there will be an unseeded men's semi-finalist.
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