Japanese superstar Kei Nishikori lost in the first round at Roland Garros in 2014 against Martin Klizan. But the No. 19 seed showed no intentions of letting that happen again this year. Nishikori moved past French wild card Maxime Janvier 7-6(0), 6-4, 6-3 in two hours, 19 minutes, advancing to the second round at the clay-court Grand Slam for the fourth year in a row. "It wasn't easy. He was playing pretty good tennis. I didn't know him, so I checked a little bit, but I had to check in the match," Nishikori said. "I think I was a little lucky to finish in three sets... he was playing pretty good." Last year in Paris, Nishikori earned his seventh Grand...
There will be no shortage of star power on display as the second Grand Slam of the year kicks off on Sunday at Roland Garros. Top 10 stars Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin join #NextGenATP talents Taylor Fritz and Corentin Moutet and home favourites Gael Monfils and Lucas Pouille on a loaded Day One in Paris. Also in action is an in-form Kei Nishikori, who enters as the 19th seed and is poised to make a deep run on the heels of a strong clay-court campaign on the ATP World Tour. The Japanese star is hoping to continue his return to top form after registering impressive ATP World Tour Masters 1000 results in Monte-Carlo and Rome. A pair...
Both of them – Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori – would have signed up for this result had you told them they'd be here before the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, the season's third and final ATP World Tour clay-court Masters 1000 tournament. Djokovic, on the comeback from minor right-elbow surgery, is into his first ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season. His three-match winning streak in Rome is his longest since January, when he also won three consecutive matches at the Australian Open. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following matches & vote for who you think will win! Djokovic vs Nishikori | Nadal vs Fognini | Zverev vs Goffin | Cilic vs Carreno Busta [GROUP POLL]144[/GROUP POLL] In that way,...
Kei Nishikori explains how he believes he played against German Philipp Kohlschreiber to advance to the quarter-finals at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
