Novak Djokovic defeats Kei Nishikori to enter semis at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO: Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic cruised into the semi-finals of men's singles event at the Tokyo Olympics here at Ariake Tennis Park on Thursday.

The world number one registered a dominant straight-sets 6-2, 6-0 win over Japan's Kei Nishikori in just 72 minutes.

Novak Djokovic, whose best result in Olympics was a bronze medal in Beijing 2008, was not broken even once in the match. Nishikori, considered the local favourite, made 16 unforced errors.

Meanwhile, Russian second seed Daniil Medvedev crashed out of the quarter-finals after a 6-2, 7-6(5) loss to Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta in a clash which ran for an hour and 43 minutes.

Busta next faces Karen Khachanov, who was made to work hard for a 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3 win over France's Ugo Humbert in two hours and 34 minutes. Agencies

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