Naomi Osaka uncertain for U.S. Open after suffering knee injury
Naomi Osaka felt a strange sensation in her left knee, different than anything she'd experienced. The U.S. Open champion left the court worried about whether she'll be in shape to defend her precious title. Osaka retired from her quarterfinal match at the Western & Southern ...
Naomi Osaka and Yoshihito Nishioka move into Western & Southern Open quarterfinals
World No. 1 Naomi Osaka reached the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open on Thursday, while Yoshihito Nishioka beat Alex de Minaur of Australia to advance to the last eight of an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time. Osaka, a two-time major ...
Yoshihito Nishioka defeats injured Kei Nishikori in Western & Southern Open second round
World No. 5 Kei Nishikori suffered a 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 defeat to 77th-ranked Yoshihito Nishioka on Wednesday in a second-round contest at the Western & Southern Open. Nishikori, who lost his opening singles match and pulled out of the men's doubles citing elbow pain at ...
Juan Martin del Potro, Yoshihito Nishioka win opening matches at French Open
Juan Martin del Potro fired up his power game after a sluggish start to ease past Nicolas Jarry in an all-South American first-round clash at the French Open on Tuesday. The eighth seed, a semifinalist last year, won 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4, the four sets ...
Yoshihito Nishioka retires due to back pain in fourth round of BNP Paribas Open
Yoshihito Nishioka retired in his fourth-round match at the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday due to back pain. Nishioka looked sluggish from the outset and dropped the first set 6-4 to Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic despite taking medication and a timeout to receive a massage from ...
Naomi Osaka reaches third round at Indian Wells with victory over Danielle Collins
Naomi Osaka rolled past Danielle Collins 6-4, 6-2 in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday night, keeping the world's No. 1 player on track to defend her title. Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked men's player, held serve to win his opening game ...
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 ...
If this was it for Andy Murray, if this truly was it, he gave himself — and an appreciative, raucous crowd that included his mother and brother — quite a gutsy goodbye. What Murray could not quite do Monday at the Australian Open was finish ...
Kei Nishikori prevails in second round against Benoit Paire at Rakuten Japan Open
Kei Nishikori was everywhere. Whether it was the left side of the court, the right side of the court or near the net, for large stretches it seemed like wherever Benoit Paire hit the ball, Nishikori was there to meet it. Before long, they were ...
Nishioka savors first career ATP title
At 40-30, Yoshihito Nishioka fired a second serve up the middle and watched as his opponent dumped a return into the net. It was a routine point at an opportune time, with the error from Pierre-Hugues Herbert coming on Nishioka's fifth championship point in the ...
Yoshihito Nishioka wins Shenzhen Open to claim first ATP singles title
Yoshihito Nishioka broke through for his maiden ATP singles title Sunday, outlasting seasoned Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 in a gruelling final at the Shenzhen Open. The 23-year-old Nishioka, ranked 171st in the world, played seven matches across eight days at the Shenzhen Longgang ...
Roger Federer made light of energy-sapping conditions to brush past Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 in his opening match at the U.S. Open on Tuesday. Where other players had slogged through long rallies as the temperature hit 32 degrees Celsius, Federer kept his time on ...
