Kei Nishikori appeared in danger of suffering an opening loss on Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open, but the former World No. 4 rallied past Portugal’s Joao Sousa 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2 in two hours and 22 minutes to reach the second round in Indian Wells. “[It was] very tough,” Nishikori said in his on-court interview. “He took the first set and I was a break down in the second set, so I …
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