Kei Nishikori saved two match points to defeat Gilles Muller 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 on Saturday and earn a place in the Swiss Indoors final against Marin Cilic. The world No 5 performed his escape act in the second set against Luxembourgs big hitter, who rained down 20 aces in the two-and-a-quarter-hour thriller in Basel.The Japanese trailblazer will aim for only his second title of the season on Sunday against fourth seed Marin Cilic, who is still in the hunt to qualify for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Third-seeded Nishikori saved the first match point with a perfectly timed lob.I saw that he was almost touching the net, but my arm was shaking as it was match point, he said of the winner that pulled the score level 5-5 in the second set. After his heroics in the second set, the 26-year-old was able to steady his game to earn a hard-earned win over the 37th-ranked Muller. Murray v Djokovic: The race is on Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic: Their previous meetings I got more comfortable and played a good match. The balls fly a lot here, you really have to hit the ball, said a relieved Nishikori.Muller has a great serve. Im just happy to have won the match.Nishikori has already qualified for next months ATP World Tour Finals for a third straight season.Cilic had to come from a set down to beat Mischa Zverev, earlier conqueror of Stan Wawrinka, 4-6 7-5 6-3 in a gruelling encounter. Marin Cilic will play Nishikori in a repeat of the 2014 US Open He played Nishikori in final of the 2014 US Open, when Cilic won the only Grand Slam of his career so far.Its tough to think of the past, but when I remember that match it gives me some guidance about how to play this next one, Cilic said.It will be another tight match like others weve played Im looking forward to the final.Check our game-by-game updates from Andy Murrays match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna on skysports.com/tennis, our app for mobile devices and iPad and our Twitter account @skysportstennis this Sunday or catch the action, live on Sky Sports 5 HD from 12.45pm. Also See: Murray gets Vienna walkover Kerber to take on Cibulkova Tennis on Sky Evans out after losing racquets Earl Campbell Youth Jersey . As the crowd erupted, Davis knocked the ball off the glass and back into his hands. With 1:14 to go in overtime, Davis sixth block also became his 17th rebound. 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Bruce Matthews Jersey . -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged.Marin Cilic and Stan Wawrinka will be looking to keep their semi-final hopes alive when they meet at the ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday. Cilic was beaten in straight sets by Andy Murray in his John McEnroe Group opener while Stan Wawrinka lost 6-2 6-3 to Kei Nishikori, meaning whoever loses their second match will almost certainly be heading home. John McEnroe Group W-L Sets Games Andy Murray 1-0 2-0 12-5 Kei Nishikori 1-0 2-0 12-5 Stan Wawrinka 0-1 0-2 5-12 Marin Cilic 0-1 0-2 5-12 US Open champion Wawrinka leads the head-to-head 10-2, and has won the last six successive matches against Cilic, but admits he needs to improve after his loss to Nishikori. It was not a great match compared to what I can do, thats for sure, he said. It wasnt a great day for myself. In general, I think he played well, put a lot of pressure from the beginning. Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals November 16, 2016, 6:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Watch highlights of Cilics opening match against Murray I dont think I found anything on the court.dddddddddddd I was a little bit slow on everything. I was hesitating a lot with my game, my movement.Wawrinka said he has been hampered by a knee injury recently, but is determined to finish his season on a high.Im sure I still have something inside me to play some great tennis before the end of the year, so Im going to try everything for that in the next match, he said. Wawrinka was beaten by Nishikori in his opener Following his loss to Murray, Cilic is now 0-4 at the ATP World Tour Finals.Obviously, I need to get into the rhythm on the serve, he said. I have to prepare definitely a little bit better. Hopefully I can start a little bit better.The evening doubles match sees world No 1 duo Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut take on Feliciano and Marc Lopez.Herbert and Mahut are not only battling to make the semi-finals after their opening defeat to Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram, but also to finish the year as the best in the world.The duo are being pursued by Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, who have won both of their matches in London and are within 175 points of Herbert and Mahut at the top of the rankings.All the action from the World Tour Finals between November 13-20 will be live on Sky Sports across the week and if you are out and about you can follow on our Sky Sports apps and the website via our live blogs. Full schedule here. Also See: Wawrinka: Injury not to blame Murrays service syndrome over? Thiem beats injured Monfils WATCH: Murray guesses shot? ' ' '
