Roger Federer kept his 100% history at this year's ATP World Tour Finals. The six-time champion came through 7-5 4-6 6-4 to maintain his third round-robin victory in London.
The 34 previously won the team and will be met in the semis by Tomas Berdych or Novak Djokovic.
Federer was forced to dig deep. The Swiss champion qualified with a triumph over Djokovic on Tuesday, but Nishikori still had a chance to progress and pushed the third seed to the limit in a match he did not need to win.
He was broken twice in a row in the first set but prevailed in game 12 after some fabulous play around the net from both men, and then opened up a 4-1 lead in the second.
Nishikori's day was not done, however, as the Japanese 25-year-old hit back with five games in a row to level after one snatched Federer forehand that must be among the worst he has ever hit.
Source; BBC
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