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Kei Nishikori of Japan came to Tennessee wanting more matches to help him keep up his strong start to 2014. He's leaving with his fourth career title after successfully defending a championship.
Nishikori repeated as champion at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, beating Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-4, 7-6 (0) on Sunday. He made this his first successful title defense, taking the $103,100 winner's check and 250 points on the ATP Tour at The Racquet Club.
"It's amazing actually first time to defend title and especially here," Nishikori said.
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