At the 2014 US Open tennis tournament, Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese to make it to a Grand Slam singles final. Another well-known compatriot of his also featured in a competitive semi final at the same tournament for the first time (previously making other Grand Slam semi finals in 1994, 1995, and 1996).
Who?
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Kimiko Date-Krumm, who was in the women's doubles semi-final.
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