Nick Kyrgios gets clever with a high forehand volley on Friday during his Tokyo quarter-final clash with Gilles Muller. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
Follow all the latest off-court action on MyATP! Download the app for iPhone or Android or visit MyATP.com. Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2016 – Tokyo, Japan Nick Kyrgios, Gael Monfils, Kevin Anderson, Yoshihito Nishioka, John Peers and more played “sushi roulette” to find out which player gets the lucky (or unlucky?) sushi roll filled with wasabi. The star who got the spicy treat also won a prize! Kei Nishikori, Feliciano Lopez, Monfils, Benoit Paire, Marcos Baghdatis, Marin Cilic, Ivo Karlovic, Nishioka, Taro Daniel, Anderson, Yuichi Sugita and Fernando Verdasco were on hand for ATP Sunday Charity Day, a tradition at the Rakuten Open, which sees packed crowds watch players practise ahead of the tournament. Gilles Muller, Peers and Henri Kontinen helped out at an Emirates Clinic. ...
Janko Tipsarevic pulls off an inch perfect lob over 6'11" Ivo Karlovic in their second-round clash in Tokyo on Thursday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
Gael Monfils survived an injury scare, then finished strongly to down fellow Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-1, 6-4 and book a spot in the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2016 quarter-finals on Thursday. Monfils earned only his second victory in eight FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings with Simon, and snapped a four-match losing streak against his good friend. “In the second set, Gilles started to run a lot better. He played really great for four games or so and I knew I needed to be patient for his level to come back down a bit,” Monfils said. “At the same time, I still needed to be the aggressor. I’ve made improvements mentally, physically and technically this year, and that helped me today...