Kei Nishikori and Andy Murray are trying to get back to their previous glory by playing as many matches as possible. For this reason, both players decided to compete on the Challenger Tour. Last week, Andy won the Nottingham Challenger, while Nishikori conquered the Palmas Del Mar Challenger.
Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori congratulated each other after last week. Here are the tweets.
Thank you Andy! You are a big inspiration. https://t.co/D02t9A1JL1
— Kei Nishikori (@keinishikori) June 18, 2023
Kei Nishikori in 2023
LWL Now ranked no.492, Kei played his last match on the 18th of June when he defeated world no.543 Michael Zheng 6-2 7-5 in the final of the Palmas Del Mar Challenger.
At the moment, during this season Nishikori has achieved an overall 5-0 win-loss record. Nishikori clinched 1 title in the Palmas del Mar Challenger.
Andy Murray in 2023
LWLLLLWLWW At the moment ranked no.38, Andy played his last match on the 18th of June when he defeated world no.147 Arthur Cazaux 6-4 6-4 in the final of the Nottingham Challenger.
Until now, during this year Andy achieved a composed 23-9 match record. The Brit clinched 3 titles in 2023 in the Aix En Provence Challenger, the Surbiton Challenger and the Nottingham Challenger. Murray reached the final in Doha.
Kei Nishikori and Andy Murray squared off 11 times. Their current head to head is 9-2 for Murray. Previously, the last time they competed against each other, Andy Murray won 2-6 6-1 7-6(0) 6-1 in the quarter in Paris (French Open) in June 2017.
