BASEL, Switzerland (AP) " Kei Nishikori ended Juan Martin del Potro's long winning run at the Swiss Indoors, edging their quarterfinal 7-5, 6-4 on Friday. 1 Wawrinka has never reached the final and had not won a match in four straight years before coming through two tight three-setters this week. The third-seeded Japanese saved all eight of Del Potro's break-point chances, and created match point with his seventh ace. "I saved a lot of important points with my serve," said Nishikori, who had 10 break chances and took one in each set. Del Potro won back-to-back Basel titles in 2012 and 2013 " beating hometown favorite Roger Federer both times " then missed the next two editions due to persistent left wrist injuries.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 28, 2016 18:39 UTC