AFP, WASHINGTONSouth Africa’s Kevin Anderson on Thursday upset top seed Dominic Thiem while Japanese second seed Kei Nishikori won a battle of past champions to advance at the ATP Citi Open. Paul, who has never faced Nishikori, has ousted seventh seed Lucas Pouille and 11th seed Gilles Muller. Anderson saved a match point when Thiem netted a backhand to level the last tiebreaker at 6-6, then hit a forehand winner to set up a match point that Thiem erased with a service winner. However, Thiem sent a backhand wide on the penultimate point and Anderson blasted an ace wide to reach his fourth Washington quarter-final, matching his best result. After an early exchange of third-set breaks, Anderson double-faulted on a break point to hand Thiem a 4-3 edge.

Source: Taipei Times August 04, 2017 15:56 UTC