Injured Kei Nishikori to miss Japan's Davis Cup qualifier against Ecuador
Injury-hit Japan ace Kei Nishikori said Thursday he will sit out this weekend's behind-closed doors Davis Cup qualifier against Ecuador as he continues to recover from an elbow injury. A depleted Japan will also be without world No. 48 Yoshihito Nishioka in its bid to ...
Unseeded Yoshihito Nishioka rallied for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory over sixth-seeded Ugo Humbert Saturday to reach the ATP Delray Beach final. Nishioka, apparently refreshed by a second rain delay, roared through the final set to advance to his second career final. He won his only ...
Yoshihito Nishioka and Go Soeda target Olympic berths
Yoshihito Nishioka didn't mince words when asked about his goals for the 2020 tennis season. "My first goal is making the Olympics," he told The Japan Times last week. "To play in the Olympics in my home country ... I don't want to miss it." In ...
Nishioka cruises to another upset as Japan moves to 2-0 at ATP Cup
Yoshihito Nishioka notched his second upset to start the season after downing world No. 26 Nikoloz Basilashvili in straight sets Monday, as injury-hit Japan continued to surprise at the ATP Cup. The world No. 72 won 6-2, 6-3 in Perth to clinch the tie for ...
Yoshihito Nishioka thrashed higher-ranked Pablo Cuevas with a 6-0, 6-1 rout, as injury-hit Japan made a statement against Uruguay on the second day of the inaugural ATP Cup Saturday. Japan suffered major blows before the 24-team event with the withdrawals of injured star Kei Nishikori ...
Japan bowed out of the Davis Cup Finals on Wednesday, going down to Serbia a day after opening its Group A campaign with a loss to France. Filip Krajinovic beat Yuichi Sugita 6-2, 6-4 in the opening singles rubber at Madrid's La Caja Magica before ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
