When Kei Nishikori double faulted in the 10th game of his third set with Thiago Monteiro at the Australian Open Sunday, it brought up match point for the Brazilian. Nishikori held his nerve when ...
Kei Nishikori reached his first ATP final in six years at the Hong Kong Open after his opponent retired due to illness. Nishikori's journey included wins over top players and will re-enter him ...
MELBOURNE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A seemingly endless battle with injuries kept Kei Nishikori from the Australian Open for four years but on Sunday the Japanese trailblazer returned to win a five-set ...
Melbourne (AFP) – Japanese veteran Kei Nishikori admitted Sunday he almost quit tennis last year after lengthy battles with injury, but the dream of playing at the Australian Open kept him going.
Kei Nishikori, despite facing two match points, made a remarkable comeback to win his first-round match at the Australian Open. The 35-year-old tennis veteran overcame a two-set deficit and ...
As former world No. 4 tennis star Kei Nishikori mulls over a dismal 2020 due to surgery and contracting the novel coronavirus, he finds hope from looking back two years ago. He was in a similar ...
Japanese veteran Kei Nishikori saved two match points to battle back and stay alive in a five-set epic at the Australian Open Sunday, admitting he almost gave up. The 35-year-old, who reached a ...
Injury-ravaged Japanese veteran Kei Nishikori reached his first final in six years when China's Shang Juncheng retired ill at the Hong Kong Open on Saturday. The 35-year-old Nishikori, who reached ...
Kei Nishikori of Japan gives an interview in Melbourne on Jan. 9, 2025, before participating in the men's singles at the upcoming Australian Open tennis tournament for the first time in four years.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Kei Nishikori was playing at the Australian Open for the first time in four years and twice faced match points that could have ended his tournament in straight sets.