Post Tagged with: "Kei Nishikori"
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Nadal defeats Ferrer to book Madrid Open semi-finals
Rafa Nadal wins a three-setter against Ferrer to set up an all-Spanish Mutua Madrid Open 2013 semi-final against Pablo Andujar. A two-time Madrid Open Champion Nadal came back after a set down against his fourth-seeded countryman David Ferrer. In the opening set both players dropped one serve by 4-4 before [...] -
Nishikori shocks Federer in Madrid, Nadal through
Japan´s Kei Nishikori upset the no.2 seed Swiss Roger Federer in the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open, defeating him in three sets 6-4 1-6 6-2. After splitting the first two sets, Nishikori managed to break the defending champion´s serve to take a 3-1 lead in the decider that [...] -
Nadal set to double up due to rain delay at Barcelona Open
Rafael Nadal is likely to make two appearances in front of his passionate Catalan supporters on Thursday. Severe rain on Wednesday afternoon left the world number five kicking his heels at the Barcelona Open waiting for his fourth round match against Benoit Paire to begin. The pair will take to [...] -
Ferrer beats Nishikori to reach Miami QFs, Simon ousts Tipsarevic
David Ferrer made fairly light work of Kei Nishikori in their fourth round contest at the 2013 Miami Masters, defeating the Japanese 6-4 6-2 in just under an hour and a half. Ferrer, who will move back to No.4 in the rankings after this tournament, took an early break on his way to [...] -
Nishikori wins Memphis title with final victory over Lopez
Japan’s Kei Nishikori won his 3rd ATP Tour title after beating Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the 2013 Memphis final. Nishikori needed one hour an 7 minutes to cruise to a more than comfortable 6-2 6-3 victory. Nishikori started the match full of confidence, breaking Lopez twice to take a 4-1 [...] -
Lopez and Nishikori to square off for Memphis 2013 title
Feliciano Lopez will play in Memphis 2013 final after winning in three sets. He is now facing Kei Nishikori who progressed due to his rival’s injury, playing only one set. In the clash of two unseeded players it was the experienced Spaniard Lopez who started better, breaking Uzbek Denis Istomin [...] -
Nishikori upsets Cilic, Matosevic beats Dolgopolov in Memphis QFs
Kei Nishikori brushed aside top seed Cilic and will play against Marinko Matosevic in Memphis 2013 semifinal. Despite hitting eight aces more than his challenger (12-4), top seed Marin Cilic came nowhere close to eliminating fifth-seeded Japanese Nishikori. The players were tied at 2-2 in their head-to -head series prior [...] -
Istomin beats Isner in Memphis, Nishikori and Hewitt through
An early exit for John Isner at Memphis ATP tournament as he was beaten by Denis Istomin, whilst Kei Nishikori and Lleyton Hewitt advanced into second round. Local favorite John Isner, who played San Jose semis last week, fell short in the first round of U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships [...] -
Ferrer beats Nishikori, Tipsarevic retires at Australian Open
David Ferrer sees off Nishikori in straight sets up a quarterfinal match with fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro at Australian Open 2013. Tipsarevic out with an injury. The chase for quarterfinal spots at this year’s Australian Open started with a clash between fourth seed Ferrer and sixteenth-seeded Japanese Kei Nishikori. They [...] -
Almagro, Nishikori and Janowicz into 3rd round in Melbourne
10th seeded Nicolas Almagro stormed into the third round of this year’s Australian Open in Melbourne after overcoming countryman Daniel-Gimeno Taver 6-4 6-1 6-2. The Spaniard dropped his serve only once in the entire match, breaking his opponent six times on his way to victory in one hour and 41 [...] -
Murray beats Nishikori, will play Dimitrov in Brisbane 2013 final
Defending champion Andy Murray booked his place in the Brisbane International 2013 final after his opponent Kei Nishikori of Japan retired when trailing 6-4 2-0. Nishikori started the match a lot better, taking a 4-1 lead. It was when Murray picked himself up and bagged the next seven games. The [...] -
Murray to face Nishikori in Brisbane International semis
Andy Murray secured his semi-final spot at the Brisbane International 2013 tournament with a 6-4 7-6 (3) victory over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. The Australian crowd was witness to a fairly high quality match, with serve dominating the encounter. However, the British US Open 2012 champion managed to take his [...] -
Dolgopolov sets up Nishikori QFs in Brisbane
No.4 seed Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine made his way into the Brisbane 2013 quarter-finals as his opponent Jarkko Nieminen of Finland was forced to retire due to migraine when trailing 6-2 4-1. After Dolgopolov racing to take the first set, Nieminen looked weak and his movement deteriorated quite a bit. [...]
