Nishikori beats Nadal for bronze, bags Japan's first Olympics tennis medal since 1920
Kei Nishikori defeated Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-7 (1-7), 6-3 to win bronze at the Rio Olympics on Sunday for Japan's first tennis medal in almost a century. World No. 7 Nishikori, ...
Nishikori to face Nadal for bronze after losing Olympic semifinal to Murray
Kei Nishikori's bid for an Olympic gold medal came up short after a 6-1, 6-4 semifinal defeat to defending champion Andy Murray at the Rio Games on Saturday. Nishikori, who had ...
Nishikori outlasts Monfils to reach Olympic semifinal showdown with Murray
Kei Nishikori came back from the dead to reach the semifinals at the Rio Olympics after an epic 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 7-6 (8-6) win over France's Gael Monfils on Friday. World ...
World No. 7 Kei Nishikori battled past John Millman of Australia to reach the third round at the Rio Olympics on Monday. Nishikori, the fourth seed, was made to work in the first set but took another step toward becoming the first Japanese to medal ...
Resurgent Del Potro upsets No. 1 Djokovic in first round of Olympic tournament
Juan Martin del Potro sobbed into Novak Djokovic's shoulder, the two opponents locked in a long embrace at the net. Djokovic would walk off the court weeping, too. For one man, a victory over the world's No. 1 tennis player that could resurrect a career ...
Nishikori thrills Rio crowd in Olympic opening victory
Kei Nishikori made himself an instant fan favorite with the Rio de Janeiro crowd after starting his Olympic campaign with a flamboyant 6-2, 6-4 win over Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Saturday. Trailing 1-0 in the second set, Nishikori dropped his racket after hitting a serve, ...
Kei Nishikori rallied from a set down to beat Russia's Nikolay Davydenko in the second round of the men's tennis singles Tuesday at the London Olympics. Nishikori broke Davydenko's serve early in the second set to find his groove and continued to rack up points ...
Kei Nishikori defeated Australia's Bernard Tomic in two sets to reach the second round of the men's singles at the London Olympics on Sunday. The 15th-seeded Nishikori won two tiebreaks 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4) at Wimbledon and will next play Russia's Nikolay Davydenko or Radek ...
Japan's four-time national champion Kenichi Tago suffered a first-round exit from the London Olympics badminton tournament on Monday, while the country's women's doubles team also dropped their group-round match. Tago lost to Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka 21-18, 21-16 at Wembley Arena in the men's ...
Tennis players Kei Nishikori, Go Soeda and Tatsuma Ito have all qualified for the men's singles draw at the London Olympics, based on world rankings released Monday by the International Tennis Federation. Nishikori, currently ranked No. 18 in the world, will be competing in his ...
Kimiko Date Krumm and Ayumi Morita failed to make the top 56 in the women's world rankings announced on Monday, meaning they have not qualified to participate in the singles competition at the London Olympics. Although Date Krumm, who is ranked 74th, and the 84th-ranked ...
