Kei Nishikori falls to Mikhail Youzhny in Halle

Benoit Paire of France chats with the umpires during his third round match against Kei Nishikori of Japan at the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris, yesterday. PARIS: Novak Djokovic dished out a painful lesson to young pretender Grigor ...

MADRID (AFP) Defending champion Roger Federer was dumped out of the Madrid Masters on Thursday by world number 14 Kei Nishikori as the Japanese came through 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in their third round clash. Nishikori … ousted defending champion Federer.

Paris: Rafael Nadal predictably proved a clay court bridge too far for Kei Nishikori on Monday at the French Open but predicted the Japanese will be a top 10 player soon.The Spaniard, looking to become the first man to win the same Grand Slam ...

MADRID Kei Nishikori stunned defending champion Roger Federer with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 upset victory on Thursday in the third round of the Madrid Open. The 16th-ranked Nishikori held his own against former world No. 1 Federer from the beginning. He ...

Japanese hope and 13th seed Kei Nishikori moved into the second round of the French Open on Monday with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 thrashing of Canadian Jesse Levine in just 1hr 31min. Nishikori won his third career title earlier this year at Memphis and his ...

Rafael Nadal of Spain looks at his birthday cake after winning his match against Kei Nishikori of Japan at the French Open at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris yesterday. Nadal, who turned 27 earned his second straight sets victory in succession as ...

Rafael Nadal booked his place in the quarter-finals of the French Open after defeating Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 in Paris. The victory over the Japanese 13th seed was Nadal's second straight sets win in succession as he edged closer to an ...

PARIS, June 1: Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka both bludgeoned their way through to the last 16 of the French Open on Saturday as the sun finally returned to Roland Garros and the noise levels went up. Defending champion Sharapova was given a ...

Kei Nishikori . Nadal is seeking to become the first man to win eight titles at the same Grand Slam event. He won a record seventh French Open championship last year and is 56-1 at Roland Garros. Seeded No. 3, Nadal trailed early in each of his ...