■Nishikori, who lost after having a match point, put his hand on his knees and did not move for a while. The match point came in the opponent's service game. He received a powerful serve and could not return it. At the end of the game, Rene took a medical time-out, and from then, it was a physical strength game match - each testing their power. Rene's movement was falling, but his serve at crucial points and returns of Nishikori's serve were overpowering. On the other hand, Nishikori had match points, but the energy to push was no longer there.

■"At the end, I made simple mistakes, and my legs didn't move. I think the lack of physical strength and the lack of spring became apparent”. He took full advantage of the opponent's roughness, he easily got the first set, but after the second set, he suffered with Rene’s solid and deep shots, and instances of being pushed back during a rally increased. In the third set he moved his legs with will power but it was not quite enough.

■Nishikori said, "It was quite tough from the end of the second set. And the long rallies were tough." However, "The opponent was quite tired. It was a tight match for both of us.” He withdrew is previous statement that “he lacked energy”. It was a very close match.

■While regretting the fact that he could not win, he gained a positive feeling. There was a continuation of matches where although in good condition, the results did not follow. But this tournament has brought him two consecutive wins. "There was a pretty good feeling through the three matches.” After the second round, he said, "If this continues, I may be able to challenge players ranked in the top 10”. So, it means that he was able to continue his condition for three matches.

■Before the start of this Tournament, he analyzed the current situation as "I can't beat the top 10 players at all," but after finishing the game with Rene, he said, "I thought I could perhaps do it, but I said what I said” and took back his previous statement. Although in a slightly indirect way, we can probably take Nishikori’s statement as a “Declaration of a comeback”.