Night Session Drama! Nishikori vs Rune; Fils vs Shelton | Tokyo 2024 Quarter-Final Highlights

The break of serve, really good for Nishikori. It's another excellent set of tennis from Kei Nishikori at such a high level. That's how good it's got to be. It's a break of serve for Runa, who has just got better and better through this match. Well, it was Nishikori that set the standards in this match, but Runa has more than matched it. Pass. Exhibition tennis here. Slam dunk. It's Nishikori who... That's one way to respond to it. He does hold on, gives himself a chance. And that's clean. Finds a big one. Oh, just shifted out to the... Kei Nishikori in a fabulous battle. He really had to dig deep. It was Nishikori that set the standards. Runa responding. Getting better and better. And just about squeezes it out in the end. Back into the semi-finals. And another good run building for him. Seen a few of those in 2024. Can he go one better? And he does get the breakthrough. Thoroughly deserved. It felt like it was coming. Artafis was in so many return games. Piling on the pressure. Breakpoint after breakpoint. And it is a breakthrough. I'm not sure at what cost. But he has got the break back. Goes big. Oh, gosh. And now Fises cramping. Shelton wins the second set. It's all going on now. That's brutal. Blow after blow. A flash. Good start. Artafis fires past Shelton. Takes out the defending champion. In a brutal, bruising match. Both players just trying to stay up on their feet by the end of it. It was such high quality. When it came down to the mental and physical resilience in the end. He saved himself in the rally. How has he won that point? That, I wonder, is a result of the return previously. He was actually going to go wide. Something similar ongoing here. Shoulder was also an issue. What he doesn't want right now, having climbed into the top 20, is to fall out of it. Easy as that. Oh, it's landed. Well, if it's good, that's the end of the set. And he is not with the challenge. And the opening set belongs to France. That body language did not look so good. While we were watching that replay, Jack Draper having a chat with his team and decided that he just couldn't continue. An ab issue ultimately proving too difficult to overcome. Well, something clearly happened with the first point there. He felt something on the serve. Oh, inspired. He's out of this world. Oh, stunning. Spectacular. Well, he has outmanoeuvred Alex Mickelson in that opening set. Bluffed him. Oh, that's unbelievable. This time he has what he was looking for. Clinical from Thomas Mahatch today. High quality on both sides of the net.