Kei Nishikori has recently partnered with Wilson on their new performance racket, “The Burn”. In the video below, Kei play tests the racket built for booming power and massive topspin, and the court can hardly contain his shots. The Burn is designed for baseliners, featuring a carbon fiber frame that’s specially engineered for the task,…
In a repeat of last year’s magnificent US Open quarter-final, Stan Wawrinka and Kei Nishikori are set to meet once again at a Grand Slam. Nishikori came from two sets to one down to beat Wawrinka, 3-6 7-5 7-6(7) 6-7(5) 6-4 in New York. It was a gripping match and had a surprising conclusion because…
1. Kei Nishikori v David Ferrer (AO, R4) The pick of the fourth round matches from the top half of the men’s draw will be a tenth career match between Kei Nishikori and David Ferrer. Nishikori defeated Steve Johnson, 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2 6-3 in the third round. Nishikori finished the match in excellent form, raising…
Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori will kick off semi-finals day on Saturday at the 2014 ATP World Tour Finals as they play each other for fourth time in 2014. As predicted, Djokovic sailed through his round robin group with straight set wins over Marin Cilic (6-1 6-1), Stan Wawrinka (6-3 6-0) and Tomas Berdych (6-2…
As the singles matches continue to disappoint, the doubles matches have been attracting the attention they deserve. Tuesday night’s match featuring Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo against Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez was a particular highlight. In Wednesday’s first doubles match, the Bryan Brothers came from a set down to earn their first win of…
The third day of action at the World Tour Finals in London will see the second set of matches from group B with Roger Federer against Kei Nishikori at not before 2pm and Andy Murray against Milos Raonic at not before 8pm. After a day of breadsticks, it would be nice to see a competitive…
The first match of the 2014 ATP World Tour Finals will see two new faces for 2014, Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori. Murray missed the tournament last year due to back surgery, meanwhile Nishikori is competing at this event for the first time in his career. The Japanese star has had a tremendous year, reaching…
The poll for the Federer-Raonic quarter-final was one of the most one-sided polls of the whole year with a whopping 84% backing Roger… however it was Raonic who produced the best win of his career so far to stun Federer in straight sets, 7-6(5) 7-5. After Ferrer lost to Nishikori, the final eight was officially…
Andy Murray confirmed his place at the World Tour Finals with a routine victory over Grigor Dimitrov, 6-3 6-3. The race for the O2 continues to hot up; it seems Kei Nishikori and Tomas Berdych need just one more victory to officially confirm their places in London. Andrew Moss (@mossoire) on Twitter is the best…
The final Grand Slam concluded on Monay night with Marin Cilic winning his first Grand Slam title with a 6-3 6-3 6-3 victory over Kei Nishikori. I went to bed after two sets, but mentally prepared myself for the result… it’s still completely weird. Cilic played magnificent tennis through his last three matches and is…
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