Kei Nishikori retired from his first match at the Barcelona Open on Wednesday just three days after contesting an ATP Masters Series final with world No. 1 Rafael Nadal. Having received a first-round bye, Nishikori lost his second-round match to Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 0-0 when he retired after the first ...
Yuichi Sugita exits Barcelona Open with first-round loss to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
Yuichi Sugita failed to match last year's best-eight performance as he was knocked out of the Barcelona Open after suffering ...
Rafael Nadal makes history with dominant win over Kei Nishikori in Monte Carlo final
Usually modest about his achievements, Rafael Nadal allowed himself a moment to appreciate his record 31st Masters title on Sunday. Nadal ...
Japan returns to Fed Cup elite after playoff victory over Britain
Miyu Kato and Makoto Ninomiya beat Britain's Johanna Konta and Heather Watson in doubles on Sunday to earn Japan promotion back to Fed Cup World Group 2. With their Fed Cup playoff tied at 2-2, Kato and Ninomiya came from behind to win the fifth ...
Kei Nishikori sets up showdown against Rafael Nadal in Monte Carlo final
Kei Nishikori believes he can find a way to beat Rafael Nadal in Sunday's Monte Carlo Masters final, but admits the 10-time champion looks to be in formidable form. World No. 1 Nadal cruised to a 6-4, 6-1 semifinal victory over Grigor Dimitrov on Saturday, ...
World No. 22 Naomi Osaka defeated Heather Watson in straight sets Saturday before Kurumi Nara lost her match, giving Japan a 1-1 tie with Britain in their Fed Cup World Group 2 playoff. Osaka beat the 77th-ranked Watson 6-2, 6-3 in Japan's opening rubber at ...
Kei Nishikori battles past Marin Cilic, into Monte Carlo semifinals
Kei Nishikori moved closer to his first Masters title on Friday, with a 6-4, 6-7 (1-7), 6-3 quarterfinal win over Croatia's Marin Cilic. Cilic, who had won both of their two career finals meetings, including the 2014 U.S. Open, had not lost to Nishikori since ...
Amazon announces five-year deal for U.K., Irish rights to U.S. Open
The U.S. Open will become the first Grand Slam tournament to be broadcast solely online in the United Kingdom and Ireland after e-commerce giant Amazon signed a five-year deal for rights to the tournament on Thursday. The deal with the United States Tennis Association begins ...
Rafael Nadal remains on course to retain his Monte Carlo Masters title and won't have Novak Djokovic standing in his way. The top-ranked Nadal beat big-hitting Russian Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-2 on Friday to reach the quarterfinals, clinching victory with a clinical smash at the ...
Novak Djokovic needs 10 match points to advance in Monte Carlo
Novak Djokovic and defending champion Rafael Nadal needed a combined 14 match points to reach the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday. After Djokovic finally converted his 10th match point to beat Borna Coric 7-6 (7-2) 7-5, Nadal required four in a ...
Kei Nishikori beats Daniil Medvedev in straight sets at Monte Carlo Masters
Kei Nishikori cruised into the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters with a straight-sets victory Wednesday over Daniil Medvedev of Russia. A former world No. 4, Nishikori struggled with his serve early before he found his range and took control for a 7-5, 6-2 ...
Yuichi Sugita bowed out in the opening round of the Monte-Carlo Masters on Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany. World No. 43 Sugita had won the only previous meeting between the pair on tour, but could only convert a single ...
Kei Nishikori fought back from a set down to see off Czech No. 12 seed Tomas Berdych on Monday and reach the Monte Carlo Masters second round. In a battle of two former Grand Slam finalists, Nishikori raced through the final two sets to progress ...
Spain's Rafael Nadal returned to action with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 Davis Cup win over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber on Friday to set a record for the longest winning streak in the competition's history. World No. 1 Nadal had not played since he retired from his ...
Naomi Osaka fell to No. 5 seed Julia Goerges in straight sets in the third round of the Charleston Open on Thursday. Osaka, the 10th seed and recently crowned Indian Wells champion, lost 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 to Goerges despite holding a comfortable first-set lead over ...
