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 Defending champion Kei Nishikori lost his first set
of the week before storming back to eliminate Spanish seventh seed
Roberto Bautista-Agut 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 and power into the semi-finals of
the Barcelona Open on Friday.
World number five Nishikori finished with five aces and four breaks
of serve in just under an hour and three-quarters.
The Japanese ace and US Open finalist will Saturday play the winner
from clay-tough Spanish veteran Tommy Robredo and Slovak Martin
Klizan, winner of the Casablanca trophy last month.
Nishikori remains a strong title contender after the surprise
elimination of eight-time champion Rafael Nadal in the third round by
Italy's Fabio Fognini.
Fognini, who will try and stretch his run of form against Pablo
Andujar, had not won a Barcelona match in five previous attempts and
had to recover from a set down in his opening encounter.
The 13th seed is only the third player to beat Nadal in Barcelona
after Alex Corretja in 2003 and Nicolas Almagro in 2014, and the
first non-Spaniard.
He is also the fifth player to register two career wins against Nadal
on clay (after a February victory in Rio) and the third to register
back-to-back wins on clay against Nadal.
Nishikori now owns a 19-1 record when playing as a tournament top
seed.
Nishikofi swept the opening set as he began with a break but suffered
a second-set reversal as Bautista-Agut took a 4-2 lead. The Spaniard
saved two break points in the final game of the set to square the
match at a set each.
Nishikori regained his devastating clay form in the third set to race
to victory.