It's never easy playing Benoit. He has a great serve and a great backhand, i think the key was the longest game at 2-1 in the first set. I was able to get the game. I was more confident. If he broke back, anything could have happened. It was a good match.

Kei Nishikori

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Tokyo is very hot and humid in the summer, i'll have to be careful.

Kei Nishikori

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I will need to keep things simple and take my mind off tennis, i will probably play video games.

Kei Nishikori

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For me it (the Olympics) will be the biggest event of the year.

Kei Nishikori

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I'm sure that I have to play good tennis to beat Roger, because he's the best player on the grass, i'm happy to be playing Roger now because I think I'm in good shape now. I know it's not going to be easy but I will enjoy it for sure.

Kei Nishikori

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He definitely raised his level (in the) second and third sets. He wasn't missing much like in the first set. He served well in the end, maybe I didn't play quite my best today. Credit to him today.

Kei Nishikori

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I'm trying to keep my head up, claycourt season is coming. It's a completely new season. I'll try to have good practice, two more weeks, and be ready for Monte Carlo.

Kei Nishikori

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Luckily I (won the) first set and after that I was more confident.

Kei Nishikori

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My opponent is a great grass court player so I had difficulty reacting to his serves but it was good I managed to win in four sets. I'm glad I'm back and healthy.

Kei Nishikori

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It was a shame to lose but this was my first time final here in Toronto, so, it was a great week.

Kei Nishikori

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The first set I played really good tennis. I had some tough times, but this score shows I was dominating a little bit, i'm still not 100 percent yet, but feeling pretty strong. We'll have to see after a couple of more matches, but right now I feel good.

Kei Nishikori

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I was close in Madrid, but today I was dominating everything, i definitely needed to change some of my tactics when playing against Rafa. I had to play 100 percent to beat him.

Kei Nishikori

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( Nadal) was n’t making many first serves tonight, so I knew I had to be more aggressive on the second serve, everything was working well, so I am very happy to win today.

Kei Nishikori

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I defend the final in the U.S. Open, so I will try to keep it going, i ’m playing well and I ’m looking forward to keeping it going at the U.S. Open.

Kei Nishikori

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I had to make some changes, he was playing very well at the start. I raised my game in the second set.

Kei Nishikori

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Hopefully, I can get some revenge against Marin, i’ve been playing good here and hopefully I can come up with another good one in the semis tomorrow.

Kei Nishikori

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Obviously number five is a different feeling than outside of the top 10 because you still feel a lot of confidence, but you feel other things off the court, i think I feel more pressure than before. I try not to think too much. But you obviously feel a little bit. It's still not comfortable for me to be this ranking.

Kei Nishikori

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Yeah,( I'm) disappointed because I think they really had a chance of winning the whole thing. So really sad to see, i hope tennis gets bigger in Japan, Asia. But I love soccer. So I hope lot of kids start playing soccer, too.

Kei Nishikori

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I think I am doing really well, i think these first couple of tournaments of the year are very important for me to gain little more confidence.

Kei Nishikori

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They were so cute. I get really relaxed( but the) nail was really sharp so it was hurting, otherwise it was really fun, actually, outside is really changing around me. It's really different. A lot of media stuff, especially in Japan. I feel more attention.

Kei Nishikori

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