Hometown favorite Kei Nishikori secured a place in the last four of the Japan Open when he beat up-and-coming Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-3 Friday night.Nishikori will face France's Richard Gasquet, who eliminated Kevin Anderson of South Africa 7-6(6), 7-6(4) in the day's other quarterfinal match, on Saturday. Canadian Denis Shapovalov will play Daniil Medvedev of Russia in the other semifinal.The match between the 28-year-old Nishikori and the 20-year-old Greek was a battle between youth versus experience, with 2012 and 2014 winner Nishikori delighting the fans by closing out the 1-hour, 23-…READ FULL ARTICLE
