Watch highlights as Kei Nishikori eliminates a Frenchman for the third consecutive round at 2018 Roland Garros. Video courtesy of Roland Garros. Photo Credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
Watch highlights as No. 19 seed Kei Nishikori battles past Benoit Paire at Roland Garros on Wednesday. Video courtesy of Roland Garros. Photo Credit: Getty Images
Three of the ATP World Tour’s biggest stars needed to dig deep Wednesday to reach the third round of Roland Garros. Second seed Alexander Zverev, who has won three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles but never reached a Grand Slam quarter-final, looked to be headed for more heartbreak at the majors when he trailed Serbian Dusan Lajovic two sets to one. But the leader of the ATP Race To London powered home, winning 12 of the last 15 games of the match to win 2-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. It was his 18th win from his past 20 matches. Read Report “In the fourth and fifth sets, I really felt good out there even though I was a little...
Kei Nishikori once again proved his quality in deciding sets, coming from two sets to one down to beat France’s Benoit Paire 6-3, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 at Roland Garros on Wednesday. Ranked No. 1 in the FedEx ATP Performance Zone for his all-time leading deciding set win percentage (75.9), Nishikori battled past the Frenchman in just under three hours on Court Philippe Chatrier. The Japanese star now owns a 17-6 record in deciding fifth sets after his second win over French opposition in as many rounds. The World No. 21 also moves to 5-2 against home players at the clay-court Grand Slam championship. Nishikori defeated wild card Maxime Janvier in three sets in his opening match. "It was a...
Watch highlights as Kei Nishikori defeats Maxime Janvier to advance to the second round at Roland Garros for the fourth consecutive year. Video courtesy of Roland Garros. Photo Credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour.