Ace Kei Nishikori, whose season has been cut short due to injury, dropped from ninth to 10th in the latest men's world rankings released Monday. It is the first time Nishikori has held a double-figure rank since he was 11th in August 2014. Nishikori will sit ...
Kei Nishikori will sit out the remainder of the season due to rupturing his right wrist tendon, his management firm said Wednesday. Nishikori, ranked ninth in the world, withdrew Sunday from the ongoing Western and Southern Open, a tuneup to the U.S. Open starting late ...
World No. 9 Kei Nishikori will not compete in the upcoming Western and Southern Open hard court tournament as he is experiencing pain in his right wrist, he said through his official app on Sunday. The 27-year-old Japanese was scheduled to kick off the U.S. ...
Germany's Alexander Zverev dominated Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-4 Saturday in a showdown of top-10 rivals to reach the Citi Open final against South Africa's Kevin Anderson. Zverev, ranked a career-best eighth this week, dropped only seven points on his serve and never faced a break ...
Top 10 rivals Kei Nishikori and Alexander Zverev advanced to a semifinal showdown at the Citi Open on Friday while second-ranked Simona Halep retired with heat fatigue. Ninth-ranked Nishikori, the 2015 champion on the Washington hard courts, saved three match points in a tension-packed second ...
Kei Nishikori defeated three-time champion Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in straight sets Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the rain-delayed Citi Open. Nishikori, winner of this tournament in 2015, prevailed 6-4, 7-5 in 1 hour, 49 minutes at the Rock Creek Park Tennis ...
Second seed Kei Nishikori got off to a winning start at the rain-delayed Citi Open on Tuesday, posting a three-sets win over American Donald Young in the second round. Nishikori, who had a first-round bye, prevailed 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5) in a match that lasted ...
Kei Nishikori will be seeded second at the men's singles at Citi Open after the draw was made on Friday. Nishikori, ranked eighth in the world, will enter the tournament from the second round and faces the winner of a match between Americans Donald Young ...
Kei Nishikori said Wednesday he hopes to have regained his confidence and form for next month's U.S. Open, the final Grand Slam event of the season. Nishikori, currently ranked eighth the world, has been hampered by injuries this season and made a third-round exit at ...
Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the seventh time in his last nine attempts with a shock victory over ninth seed Kei Nishikori on Friday. The 29-year-old proved too solid for a listless Nishikori, winning 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) ...
Kei Nishikori advanced to the third round at Wimbledon for the second straight year, beating Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4, 6-7(7-9), 6-1, 7-6 (8-6) on Wednesday. In the women's action, 19-year-old Wimbledon debutant Naomi Osaka also booked a spot in the third round after defeating 22nd ...
Kei Nishikori believes he can win Wimbledon this year after breezing through his first-round clash with Italy's Marco Cecchinato 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 on Monday. The ninth seed did not disappoint the legion of Japanese fans who gave him a hero's welcome as he walked on ...
