Watch highlights as Rafael Nadal raced past Dominic Thiem at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. He will face Grigor Dimitrov, while Alexander Zverev and Kei Nishikori booked their spot in the other semi-final Photo Credit: Julian Finney/Getty Images. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Kei Nishikori won a match of extreme fluctuations on Thursday at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Nishikori, back in Monaco for the first time since his 2012 debut, eventually got the better of Andreas Seppi and his large number of Italian supporters 6-0, 2-6, 6-3 in one hour and 47 minutes to close play on day five. Nishikori will now challenge second-seeded Croatian Marin Cilic on Friday. Nishikori leads 7-6 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, but has lost their past three matchups. There was stunned silence on the second show court when Nishikori won the first seven games of the match against Seppi, who broke the streak by holding to 30 in the second game of the second set. It...
Kei Nishikori discusses how he was able to find a way past Italian Andreas Seppi Thursday at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Watch as Kei Nishikori expresses his delight at reaching the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters third round and shares his thoughts on the European clay swing. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Japan’s Kei Nishikori recovered from a slow start — as he did in his first-round win over Czech 2015 finalist Tomas Berdych — to get the better of Russian Daniil Medvedev at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on Wednesday. Nishikori, who is this week competing at the Monte-Carlo Country Club for the first time since 2012, bounced back from 1-3 in the opener to win 7-5, 6-2 in one hour and 41 minutes. He will now play Italian qualifier Andreas Seppi, who edged past lucky loser Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, in the third round. “He was better than me initially, but I tried to stay calm and began to dominate from the baseline,” said Nishikori. “I played better...