ATP Finals
Kevin Anderson’s wonderful year continues in London
The tennis champion is close to becoming the first African to qualify for the last four at the ATP Finals
London — Kevin Anderson handed Japan’s Kei Nishikori a humiliating 6-0 6-1 thrashing at the ATP Finals as the South African moved to the brink of a semifinal berth on Tuesday. Anderson won the first 11 games and needed only 64 minutes to demolish the woeful Nishikori in a remarkably one-sided group stage clash at London’s O2 Arena. Having also won his opening match against Dominic Thiem in his debut at the prestigious season-ending event, Anderson is close to becoming the first African to qualify for the last four at the ATP Finals. It was a landmark moment for Wimbledon finalist Anderson, who has set a new career-high of 47 victories in a calender year. The tall South African will rarely have had such an easy outing as this one throughout his memorable 2018. Anderson won the Vienna final at Nishikori’s expense in October before losing to the Japanese star in the Paris Masters four days later. But the close nature of those matches was a distant memory as Nishikori, who had beaten Fe...
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