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Kei Nishikori and Yuzuru Hanyu named to ESPN's list of 100 most famous athletes
Kei Nishikori and Yuzuru Hanyu were the only two Japanese athletes named Wednesday to ESPN's 2019 World Fame 100, the network's fourth annual list of the most famous athletes on the planet. Nishikori, the current world No. 7 men's singles tennis player, placed 28th on ...
Naomi Osaka, Kei Nishikori both lose in upsets at Indian Wells
World No. 1 and defending champion Naomi Osaka crashed out of the fourth round of the women's tournament at the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday, upset by a lower-seeded challenger just hours after fellow countryman Kei Nishikori suffered the same fate in the third ...
Kei Nishikori survived a scare against France's Adrian Mannarino on Sunday to reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open. The sixth-seeded Nishikori beat Mannarino 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4) in his opener at the ATP Masters 1000 event at Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The world ...
Kei Nishikori suffers shock loss in second round of Dubai Championships
Top seed Kei Nishikori crashed out in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Wednesday with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 loss to 77th-ranked Hubert Hurkacz of Poland. In their first career meeting, the 22-year-old Hurkacz served nine aces and double faulted just once ...
Top seed Kei Nishikori dispatched the "tricky" Benoit Paire 6-4, 6-3 on his debut at the Dubai Championships on Tuesday, while Marin Cilic was knocked out by Gael Monfils. Asia's top player, the world No. 6, will meet Hubert Hurkacz in the second round at ...
Naomi Osaka will learn to deal with fame, says Kei Nishikori
Kei Nishikori is confident his Japanese compatriot Naomi Osaka will learn to cope with pressure as she deals with her new elite status in tennis. Nishikori, playing as the top seed at the Dubai Championships starting on Monday ahead of seven-time champion Roger Federer, has ...
Kei Nishikori rose one spot in the world rankings released Monday by the ATP, moving up from seventh to sixth. On Saturday, Nishikori lost his semifinal at the Rotterdam Open in three sets against Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka. The Japanese was seeking his second title of ...
Stan Wawrinka upsets top-seeded Kei Nishikori to reach final in Rotterdam
World No. 7 Kei Nishikori's hopes of a second ATP title this season were dashed by Stan Wawrinka in the semifinals of the Rotterdam Open on Saturday. The top-seeded Nishikori, who won his first title in nearly three years at the Brisbane International last month, ...
World No. 7 Kei Nishikori moved into the semifinals of the Rotterdam Open on Friday following a straight-sets victory over Hungarian Marton Fucsovics. The top seed beat the 38th-ranked Fucsovics 6-3, 6-2 to book a semifinal meeting with former world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka of ...
World No. 7 Kei Nishikori breezed past Latvian lucky loser Ernests Gulbis 6-1, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, an ATP 500 indoor hardcourt stop in Rotterdam. The top-seeded Japanese raced out to a 5-0 lead in ...
Kei Nishikori rallied from a one-set deficit to beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Rotterdam Open. Nishikori defeated the Frenchman 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in his debut at Rotterdam Ahoy. The world No. 7 is coming off a thigh ...
Kei Nishikori insisted on Sunday he is back to "100 percent" as he returns to action after a right knee injury forced a painful exit at last month's Australian Open. The 29-year-old is top seed in the Rotterdam Open where he is looking for his ...
