Post Tagged with: "Kei Nishikori"
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Nishikori beats Matosevic, Mayer also through in Brisbane
No.5 seed Kei Nishikori reached the second round of the 2013 Brisbane International after defeating Australian Marinko Matosevic 7-5 6-2. Matosevic went up a break at the beginning of the first set, but couldn´t capitalise and not only did the Japanese player claw back the break, he took the Australian´s [...] -
Berdych beats Anderson, plays Simon in Paris QFs
Tomas Berdych booked his quarterfinal ticket at the 2012 Paris Masters after beating Kevin Anderson of South Africa 1-6 6-3 6-4 in 2 hours and 11 minutes. World no.39 Anderson got off to a superb start, breaking Berdych twice to take a 5-0 lead. It was only then that the [...] -
Janowicz beats Cilic in Paris, Nishikori defeats Paire
World no.65 Jerzy Janowicz upset the 13th seeded Marin Cilic in the second round of the Paris Masters 2012, beating him in straight sets 7-6 (6) 6-2. This year has been spectacular for the Polish qualifier, who worked his way up the rankings from the 222th position at the beginning [...] -
Nishikori beats Raonic to lift Tokyo 2012 trophy
Kei Nishikori capped off his great week at Japanese Open 2012 in Tokyo with another outstanding performance as he defeated Milos Raonic in the three-set final match. Sixth seed Raonic had a more than busy semifinal against defending champion Andy Murray yesterday, and could probably not recover in time to [...] -
Nishikori defeats Baghdatis to enter Japan Open 2012 final
Kei Nishikori moved into Japanese Open 2012 final after sweeping away a surprise semifinalist Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets. It is the end of the Tokyo road for Baghdatis who upset Juan Monaco in second round, while eighth-seeded Japanese is ready to take his second ATP title after conquering [...] -
Nishikori upsets Berdych, plays Baghdatis in Tokyo semis
Marcos Baghdatis and Kei Nishikori set up a semifinal match at Japanese Open after seeing off Tursunov and Berdych in two sets. Cypriot Baghdatis entered the quarterfinal match against another unseeded player Dmitry Tursunov of Russia on the back of defeating fourth-seeded Monaco previously. As it turned out, his great [...] -
Raonic and Nishikori move into second round of Tokyo
Milos Raonic was victorous in two sets, while Kei Nishikori turned around the match to reach second round of Japanese Open. Sixth-seeded Raonic was never really under pressure against Czech Radek Stepanek. It was a positive start for the six foot five tall Canadian as he broke the Czech veteran [...] -
Monaco overcomes Nishikori to book a place in Malaysian Open 2012 final
Juan Monaco of Argentina, the number two seed in the Malaysian Open, was first up on court for the day’s semi final encounters, against the third seed, Kei Nishikori of Japan.In a marathon encounter, Monaco finally prevailed in three sets 6-2 2-6 7-6 (4). In a match that lasted two [...] -
Monaco storms into Kuala Lumpur semifinals, Nishikori also advances
Second seeded Argentinian Juan Monaco powered into semifinals of the Malaysian Open on friday as he dismissed young Canadian Vasek Pospisil to reach his sixth semifinal of the year and the first played on indoor. Monaco was too high hurdle for Pospisil – making his debut in the quarterfinals - as the Argentinian was [...] -
Ferrer and Nishikori into the last 8 of the Malaysian Open 2012
David Ferrer had an easy job, while Kei Nishikori delivered a great comeback to book a spot in 2012 Kuala Lumpur quarterfinals. Top seed David Ferrer came a step closer to his sixth ATP World Tour title of the season. He entered the Malaysian Open quarterfinals after dealing with Alex [...] -
Cilic ousts Nishikori, Almagro defeats Sock in third round of US Open
Seeded players Marin Cilic and Nicolas Almagro advance into the last sixteen at 2012 US Open after beating Nishikori and Sock in four-setters. Twelfth seeded Cilic has improved on his last US Open result as he proceeded into the fourth round after defeating seventeenth-seeded Japanese Kei Nishikori. The 23-years old [...] -
Cilic and Lopez win five setters at US Open
Seeded players Marin Cilic and Feliciano Lopez needed five sets to move into the third round of 2012 US Open. They will face Kei Nishikori and Andy Murray next. Twelfth seed Croat Cilic got off to a good start against 123th-ranked German Daniel Brands as he was leading 2-0 in [...] -
Almagro Prevails in 5-Set Battle, Nishikori through in Straight Sets
11th seed Nicolas Almagro was forced to grit it out in a 5-set match against 106th ranked Philipp Petzschner today as the threat of an upset loomed. The match started out routinely enough, with Almagro nabbing the only break of the first set to take it at 6-3. From there, [...]
