[ad_1] The 2024 Eastbourne International offers players a last chance to fine-tune their grass tennis before the Wimbledon Championships. As per tradition, the Eastbourne International is a combined ATP and WTA event played the week before Wimbledon. The WTA draw for the tournament was already released, and the ATP draw followed shortly after. Despite being…
[ad_1] The two most successful Japanese tennis players of their generation will be flying their country’s flag high at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Japan’s team for the Olympic Games, scheduled to commence next month, was formally publicized on Thursday. Naomi Osaka and Kei Nishikori were selected as the two tennis representatives. The Olympics singles tournament…
[ad_1] Kei Nishikori overcame Canadian Gabriel Diallo 7-5, 7-6, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4 in 4 hours and 22 minutes to advance to the second round of the French Open in Paris on Sunday. In a showdown that went the distance, the Japanese veteran’s precise groundstrokes and big match experience lifted him past the 22-year-old from Montreal….
[ad_1] Playing for the first time since advancing to the Atlanta quarterfinals last summer, Kei Nishikori lost to Sebastian Ofner 6-3, 6-4 in the Miami Open first round on Thursday afternoon. Nishikori was competitive from start to finish, but he was broken once in each set and failed to convert any of his three break…
[ad_1] By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday March 21, 2024 On Thursday at the Miami Open Kei Nishikori played his first competitive match in eight months – and his first at a Masters 1000 since 2021. Even though the former World No.4 was defeated by Austria’s Sebastian Ofner (6-3, 6-4) in straight sets, the…
[ad_1] Kei Nishikori has learned to “accept” his injury situation as he plots another comeback from injury next season. Nishikori, who turns 34 in under two weeks, has announced that he will miss the 2024 Australian Open, which is set for a historic Sunday start next season. The former US Open finalist is still troubled…
[ad_1] Kei Nishikori won’t play in the 2024 Australian Open as he reckons he won’t be fit ahead of schedule and will target a February or March return. It is tough to pick another player who has juggled an injury crisis quite like Nishikori in the past few years. Since the start of the 2020…
