'Happy' Nishikori wins Helsinki Challenger title
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kei-nishikori/n552/overview'Kei Nishikori/a returned to the winner's circle on Sunday./p
pThe former No. 4 player in the PIF ATP Rankings claimed his first title of the season when he won the ATP Challenger Tour event in Helsinki. He defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luca-nardi/n0bg/overview'Luca Nardi/a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to triumph at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/helsinki/8310/2024/results'HPP Open/a./pp“It’s great," Nishikori said. "It’s been a long time since I won a title. This was a really tough week, tough final. Luca played really good in the final. I almost lost my chance, but I was able to play solid in the end."/pp“It was not easy. Semi-final was tough, played two and a half hours and recovered for today and played another three sets. Not easy, but this is my last tournament of the year so I just tried to give 100 per cent for this match today and I think I did very well."/p
pNishikori has won 25 of his past 29 matches on the ATP Challenger Tour dating back to the Dallas Challenger in 2018./p
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pThe 34-year-old was World No. 576 in August, but has quickly climbed towards the verge of the Top 100. The 12-time ATP Tour titlist reached the quarter-finals at the Canadian ATP Masters 1000 event in August and the quarter-finals in Tokyo./pp“I’m close to the Top 100 now, so next goal is Top 50 and just keep winning," Nishikori said when asked about his 2025 goals./p
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pNishikori in the Helsinki quarter-finals defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jacob-fearnley/f0by/overview'Jacob Fearnley/a in straight sets. Fearnley entered the match with a 27-3 record on the ATP Challenger Tour this year./p
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