Ninth seed Kei Nishikori wasted little time in recording his 30th grass-court victory on Monday as he began his campaign at The Championships with a comprehensive 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 win over Italian Marco Cecchinato in 72 minutes. The Japanese star converted seven of his nine break point opportunities and hit 35 winners. Having overcome a back injury he sustained at the Gerry Weber Open, Nishikori will now meet Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky, who beat Julien Benneteau of France 6-3, 7-6(8), 2-6, 6-2. "This is the only Grand Slam that I haven't done well in," said Nishikori. "I have never made it to the quarter-finals. That's always my motivation, to get into the second week. I think the past couple of years,...
Kei Nishikori is hopeful that the left hip injury sustained during his second-round Gerry Weber Open match will be resolved before the start of Wimbledon on July 3. Watch live matches at TennisTV.com.
Third seed Kei Nishikori had to work for his first grass-court win of the year, saving nine of 10 break points against Spaniard Fernando Verdasco to advance 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle. Nishikori, who reached the semi-finals in 2014-15, overcame 14 aces and broke the Spanish veteran three times in the two-hour and 24-minute victory. "I think it is a challenge for me to play on grass because I haven’t played the best results yet," said Nishikori. "I am trying to find how I can play on this surface. But I think I’m improving every year. And it was my first match, so I didn’t expect to play perfect anyway. It was a...
Kei Nishikori talks about why he enjoys playing at the Gerry Weber Open and looks ahead to a possible match against Roger Federer. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
