Nishikori breaks into world's top four, Murray out


  • Tennis
  • Monday, 02 Mar 2015

Kei Nishikori of Japan celebrates defeating Nicolas Almagro of Spain to win their men's singles first round match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 20, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato

LONDON (Reuters) - Japan's Kei Nishikori broke into the top four of the ATP world rankings on Monday as the Asian trailblazer continued to shake up the top echelon of men's tennis.

His run to the final in Acapulco, where he was beaten by Spain's David Ferrer, elevated him to a new career-high ranking of four, taking him above Britain's Andy Murray.

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