TENNIS : ANDY MURRAY SUCCUMBS TO KEI NISHIKORI ; CRASHES OUT OF US OPEN !

TENNIS : ANDY MURRAY SUCCUMBS TO KEI NISHIKORI ; CRASHES OUT OF US OPEN !

What supposed to be the icing on the cake for the year for Olympics Back-to-Back Champion and World No.2 Andy Murray has been spoiled unpretty by Kei Nishikori as he is crushed in the US Open's Quarter Finals by the Japanese sensation. Murray, winner of 2016 Wimbledon, Finalist both at 2016 Australian and French Open, and still very fresh from his historic win at the Rio Games - an unprecedented back-to-back having won Gold at the London Games - was looking to close out 2016 on a perfect note: recapture US Open trophy which he first held in 2012 - his very first Grand Slam win. But came Nishikori. Nishikori thwarts Murray in their Quarter Finals 5-Set thriller battle, 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5. Murray, in winning form, was on the lead 2 Sets to 1 early, but later seemed to have lost his rhythm after rain closed the roof and a sound system 'malfunction' has gotten to his nerves. Furious, he argued with the umpire and referee. Nishikori took advantage and punished Murray with deadly drop shots. He held on to a crucial break in the 5th, and finished it out, 7-5. Nishikori, 2014 US Open Finalist, now enters the US Open Semi Finals for the second time - and the second Slam Semi, in fact, of his career. With this big, big win, Nishikori must be feeling like paradise. "Nishi" means paradise, eh?

Kei #Nishikori stuns Andy Murray at the US Open. https://t.co/rIF66n2WiI #USOpen
— CNN Sport (@cnnsport) September 7, 2016

No. 2 Andy Murray fell to No. 6 Kei Nishikori in their #USOpen quarterfinal match: https://t.co/wtyoMuL5vs pic.twitter.com/aPmyjnW4sC
— USA TODAY Sports (@USATODAYsports) September 7, 2016

Kei Nishikori beats Andy Murray in five sets to reach the #USOpen
semi finalshttps://t.co/3WSP4gNMtt #bbct4ennis pic.twitter.com/I0ZCKTWjR8
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) September 7, 2016

"Even though there was many up and downs I tried to stay tough." - @keinishikori #usopen https://t.co/AF8Z9daCgt pic.twitter.com/2KTKiXRZ0O
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 7, 2016

Out play, outwit, outlast. Welcome back to the semis #KeiNishikori. #usopen (📸: @gwephoto)
A photo posted by @usopen on Sep 7, 2016 at 3:17pm PDT

Lets go! #semis
A photo posted by Kei Nishikori (@keinishikori) on Sep 7, 2016 at 5:00pm PDT

En un partido parejo, Key #Nishikori venció a Andy #Murray 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 y 7-5 y se metió en su segunda semifinal de #USOPENxESPN, donde espera por el ganador de #DelPotro y #Wawrinka. ¿Podrá el japonés ganar el primer Grand Slam de su carrera?
A photo posted by ESPN Tenis (@espntenis) on Sep 7, 2016 at 3:26pm PDT

Move on over! 2014 finalist Kei Nishikori defeats No. 2 Andy Murray 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 in an Olympic rematch. http://bit.ly/2ciPuTO
Match highlights: http://bit.ly/2cH6GTz
Posted by US Open Tennis Championships on Wednesday, 7 September 2016