Wednesday 1 October 2014 14:07, UK
Kei Nishikori advanced to the second round of the Japan Open in Tokyo after beating Ivan Dodig in straight sets on Wednesday.
The US Open runner-up and fourth seed in his home country this week faced just the one break point in the match against the Croat, eventually winning 6-3 6-4.
In the next round he will face Donald Young, who beat another Japanese player Go Soeda on Tuesday.
Earlier, Steve Johnson overcame Marcel Granollers to advance to the quarter-finals, although the American needed to call on all his reserves against the Spanish player, eventually winning 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In more first round action on Wednesday, Gilles Simon also came from a set down to beat Gilles Muller 4-6 7-6 6-3, while Jack Sock advanced after beating Andrey Golubev 6-3 1-6 7-5.
The day's final match saw Benjamin Becker beat Tatsuma Ito 6-3 6-3.
