Kei Nishikori is happy to have overcome John Millman at the Miami Open presented by Itau and is looking forward to finding his rhythm once again. Watch live tennis at TennisTV.com.
Watch as ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot takes you behind the scenes with former World No. 4 Kei Nishikori as the Japanese superstar continues his comeback on the ATP World Tour.
Kei Nishikori reveals his desire to improve his ATP Ranking after a tough 2017 season and discusses the early stages of his comeback before the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC.
Kei Nishikori didn’t want to play the 2008 Delray Beach Open for fear of being outclassed, even embarrassed. At 18 years of age, he didn’t think he belonged at tour-level at all. Two weeks earlier, the Japanese teenager had lost in the third round of qualifying at an ATP Challenger Tour event in Dallas against KJ Hippensteel, who won a single tour-level match in his career. So how would Nishikori, World No. 244, make it through qualifying at an ATP World Tour event? “I told my coach I didn’t want to play in Delray because it’s a different level and [there’s] no way I’m going to win those tournaments,” Nishikori told ATPWorldTour.com. “But my coach pushed me to play.” It’s...
Kei Nishikori did not play a match after the Rogers Cup last August. So the 28-year-old decided to build up his match toughness on the ATP Challenger Tour to begin the new campaign. And it looks like that move paid off. The Japanese superstar battled past Moldovan Radu Albot to advance to the semi-finals of the New York Open 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Friday evening. Nishikori, who won the Memphis Open four years in a row (2013-2016) before the event moved to Long Island this year, is just two matches away from his claiming his first ATP World Tour title since 2016 Memphis. "It was a very tough start. I think he was playing very good tennis," Nishikori said. "During the...