Novak Djokovic returns to winning in Japan after U.S. Open shoulder injury
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic displayed steady recovery of his left shoulder injury Tuesday by defeating an Australian challenger at the Japan Rakuten Open, his first competition since pulling out of the U.S. Open. The experienced Serbian top seed claimed a 6-4, 6-2 victory against ...
Taro Daniel completed a comeback by Japan in a Davis Cup qualifier with a 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 win over China's Li Zhe in the final singles match Saturday, securing a 3-2 aggregate victory. By winning the tie at the Guangdong Olympic Tennis Centre, Japan ...
Japan splits two opening matches against China in Davis Cup qualifying round
Japan broke even in its first two singles matches against China on Friday, the first day of the 2019 Davis Cup qualifying round. Taro Daniel won his match 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 against China's Zhang Ze at the Guangdong Olympic Tennis Centre, while Yoshihito Nishioka suffered ...
Stefanos Tsitsipas ousts Taro Daniel in fist round at Rakuten Japan Open
Taro Daniel bowed out in the opening round of the Rakuten Japan Open on Tuesday, losing 6-1, 6-3 to No. 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece. A wildcard entry to the tournament, the 72nd-ranked Daniel struggled to hold serve against the aggressive baseline play of ...
Taro Daniel claimed his first ATP World Tour title Sunday after defeating Tunisia's Malek Jaziri in straight sets to win the Istanbul Open. Daniel beat Jaziri 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 to win the ATP World Tour 250-level clay-court tournament at Garanti Koza Arena and cap off ...
Taro Daniel and Tunisian Malek Jaziri will be aiming for their first ATP World Tour titles when they face off in the Istanbul Open final on Sunday. Daniel, who beat former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at Indian Wells in March, has had a strong ...
Naomi Osaka continued her consistent run by beating Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 to reach the women's singles quarterfinals at the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday. In the first meeting between the ascendant young players, Osaka, currently ranked 44th in the world, overcame ...
Japan's world No. 109 Taro Daniel pulled off a major upset Sunday at the BNP Paribas Open by beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the second round. Though most of the crowd at Indian Wells came to see the former World No. 1 in his comeback ...
Local hero Yuichi Sugita dominated his fifth-set tiebreak to pull Japan even in its Davis Cup World Group first-round tie with Italy on Friday. At two sets apiece, and Japan already trailing after Taro Daniel dropped the first singles rubber, Sugita fought off match point ...
No one, not even Maria Sharapova herself, knew quite what to expect from her return to Grand Slam tennis at the U.S. Open. It had been 19 months since she had entered a major tournament. She played only nine times anywhere since a 15-month doping ...
Richard Gasquet brushed aside Taro Daniel in straight sets and Gilles Simon routed Yoshihito Nishioka to give France a 2-0 lead over Japan in their Davis Cup World Group first-round tie on Friday. Gasquet, the world No. 18, was in total control from start to ...
Gasquet expects tough opening test against Daniel in Davis Cup match
Richard Gasquet said he is expecting a stern test in the opening singles rubber Friday after being drawn against Taro Daniel in France's World Group first-round tie against Japan in the Davis Cup. Daniel won both his singles matches as Japan kept its place in ...
