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Or would such a problem force him to consider retirement? Consequently he was running roughshod through the majors. He suffered a first-round loss to Chardy on the Australian Open, exclusively to bounce him in Portugal 4 months later.

Determined to rebound from a nagging injury that forced him to withdraw early from Wimbledon, Kei Nishikori advanced to the semifinals of the Citi Open in Washington D.C. with a straight set victory over Sam Groth of Australia.

Having left his mother at the age of 14 to move to the U.S., Nishikori said that he felt his mother’s support in “every way possible”.

Reigning U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic moved into the Citi Open semifinals for the first time since 2010 by beating 18-year-old Alexander Zverev of Germany 7-5, 7-6 (3) on Friday.

Nishikori won both prior meetings with Mayer at Grand Slams without dropping a set, in the second round at Wimbledon in 2013 and last year in the third round at Flushing Meadows on his way to the final, where he lost to Marin Cilic.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic will take on US Open victor Marin Cilic for the 13th time.

Cilic had only won five sets against the Serb in all their previous matches.

People observe the minute silence for the victims of the shooting in Tunisia last week, at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Friday July 3, 2015.