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Sky Sports Tennis analyst Peter Fleming believes Andy Murrays rollercoaster win over Kei Nishikori was one of the greatest matches he has seen. The world No 1 needed three hours and 20 minutes to survive the longest three-set match in ATP World Tour Finals history to battle past fifth-seed Nishikori 6-7 (9-11) 6-4 6-4, with the first set alone taking 85 minutes. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price It is the first time Murray has started the Tour Finals with two consecutive group stage wins since his tournament debut in Shanghai in 2008. Murrays refusal to be outlasted by the obdurate Nishikori keeps him on course to retain top spot in the ATP rankings at the end of the year. Highlights of Andy Murray v Kei Nishikori from the ATP World Tour Finals Fleming was impressed by the Scots tenacity to hang in during nervy periods in the match and show amazing powers of recovery to all-but assure his semi-final spot.That was one of the best tennis matches Ive ever seen, said Fleming. The quality of tennis from both guys, who were whacking groundstrokes as hard as they could seemingly, and making incredible defensive saves. Murrays fighting capacity is immense. Murray beats Nishikori in epic Andy Murray edges out Kei Nishikori in epic at ATP World Tour Finals Both guys were down so many times and they both fought back from 15-40, 0-30 and Nishikori very nearly got back into the final set after being down 5-1.It was really fun and we might even see another match or two like that as this week progresses. Murray had to dig deep to beat Nishikori in what was the longest three-set match in Tour Finals history Fleming feels Murray will pick himself up again for his final round-robin match against US Open champion Stan Wawrinka on Friday without too many concerns.Im sure hell be stiff tomorrow, but hes strong - hes an animal, said Fleming. I think physically, he might still be stiff on Friday, but I dont think its going to hurt him enough to keep him from winning. I just think hes been playing so well at the moment that he has the edge over everybody. This was the best point in a dramatic tiebreak which saw Murray with three set points and Nishikori with five Even after more than two-and-a-half hours on court, Murray was still going strong in the final set, and although his serve failed to fire as well as he had hoped for, Fleming believes that was all down to Nishikoris intense pressure.His serve comes and goes sometimes, added Fleming. Playing against Nishikori is difficult because he returns serve very well and just adds a little more pressure onto the server and Andys serve wasnt like it has been in the past - that will be something to work on tomorrow. WATCH: How good is Murray? Andy Murray credited by Anthony Joshua, Phil Taylor, Martin Kaymer and more Check our game-by-game coverage from all group matches at the ATP World Tour Finals in London - including Andy Murray v Stan Wawrinka on Friday - on skysports.com/tennis, our app for mobile devices and iPad and our Twitter account @skysportstennis.Upgrade to Sky Sports now to watch Man Utd v Arsenal this Saturday and get the first six months half price! Also See: Murray beats Nishikori in epic Murrays service syndrome over? WATCH: How good is Murray? World No 1 permutations Erik McCoy Jersey .ca. Kerry, Just watched the shootout in the Coyotes/Leafs game and I have to ask, why was the James van Riemsdyk goal allowed to count? 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Radford pointed out that West Indies were unable to switch to a mode that focused on accumulating runs through singles and twos, like Pakistan have done in the matches so far.The first Powerplay yesterday and today were every similar. Yesterday we were five down, three down in the first six today, Radford said after the game. And I think the big difference when you looked at Pakistan in the first six was they were 38 for 1 and 39 for 1 on both days.Clearly the game plan from Pakistan has been to have slow wickets to bowl a lot of spin and have very big boundaries. West Indies are known to be a big, six-hitting and boundary-hitting side, normally play on quicker pitches and slightly smaller grounds. But its up to us to find a way around that.Pakistan have bowled well, they have actually fielded well. When they batted, they showed on a slow wicket and a big outfield that its actually all about knocking the ball into gaps and doing a lot of running. They ran a lot of twos tonight which I think really stretched us, and I dont think it was ever going to be a game for lots of boundaries because I dont think its that type of surface annd that type of outfield.ddddddddddddWhile Radford praised seamer Sohail Tanvir, who picked up 3 for 13 in his four overs, Pakistans T20 captain Sarfraz Ahmed also credited the innings played by Shoaib Malik at No. 4. Malik, who became only the third Pakistan player to score more than 1500 T20I runs, chipped in with a useful 28-ball 37, and added 69 with Sarfraz for the fourth wicket before falling in the last over. That partnership helped Pakistan garner 60 runs off the last six overs. Sarfraz finished unbeaten on 46 off 32 balls.Sarfraz also stated that the team management had decided to send in Umar Akmal at No. 6 to bolster the lower order, which had been missing a finisher.It was our strategy to play Umar Akmal at No. 6, since we needed a finisher in the lower order. We scored about 50 runs in the last five overs and we felt that was enough as we had set a target of a 150+ score, Sarfraz said. A lot of credit goes to Shoaib Malik too, the way he played with me at the end. We needed a senior player to stay at the wicket and he did that for us.Pakistan went in with an unchanged side for the second match, leaving out fast bowler Mohammad Amir. Sarfraz stressed that the management wanted to give players confidence through a longer stint in the side and Amir was a part of the sides plans for the future.We have tried to keep a winning combination so we didnt try to change too much, Sarfraz said. That is also our target - to give players a longer run in the side to build their confidence. Mohammad Amir is our main bowler and he will definitely play an important role for us in the future. ' ' '