Tennis: Nishikori's impressive Japan Open run stopped by Rune

Host country favorite Kei Nishikori's remarkable run at the Japan Open tennis tournament came to a halt at the hands of Danish youngster Holger Rune in Sunday's quarterfinals.Rune, ranked 14th in the world, rallied for a 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 victory after fighting off a match point and winning the last four games at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum.The 200th-ranked Nishikori was unable to finish things off on match point while leading five games to three in the final set.Rune broke Nishikori twice late in the final set, including the last game."It was a great match," Nishikori said. "He raised his level a…READ FULL ARTICLE