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Nishikori breaks in third game of first set!
First set: Djokovic 1-2 Nishikori* (*denotes next server)
First set: *Djokovic 1-1 Nishikori (*denotes next server)
Nishikori double-faults to start his opening service game. Then levels at 15-all when Djokovic blinks first at the end of a 27-shot baseline rally. Djokovic hits a backhand winner on the next point, then Nishikori makes an error off the forehand side to go double break point down at 15-40. Nishikori saves them both, the second on after a remarkable all-court rally that ends when the Japanese star slots a forehand volley winner. From there Nishikori holds with a pair of service winners.
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