Tag: Nishikori Injury

INJURIES UPDATE. Nishikori has elbow surgery; Auger Aliassime out from Vienna after ankle issue

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The annual Erste Bank Open attracts a number of top players around the world. This year’s tournament is already underway in Vienna, Austria with some of the big names in tennis set to battle it out for this title. The competition took place in...

Injured Nishikori withdraws from the Australian Open

Tough luck for Kei Nishikori and his fans. The world no.22 announces that he is not ready yet to compete in best of 5 matches and therefore he withdraws from the upcoming Australian Open that will start the 15th of January. Key assures his fans that...

Injured Nishikori to miss the Brisbane International

Kei Nishikori is not starting his 2018 in the best possible way. The 27-year-old from Japan stopped his season just before Cincinnati because of a wrist injury. Now ranked no.22, Kei was meant to be back to competitions in January in Brisbane, but unfortunately,...

Why Nishikori retired in Tokyo

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Kei Nishikori had a heartbreaking withdrawal in Japan. The world no.5 was the hot favorite to win his 3rd title in Tokyo. Unfortunately, Kei had to retire when he was leading Sousa 4-3 in the 3rd round. Kei was playing a fantastic tennis, but then...

Nishikori retires from Shanghai

Bad news from Kei Nishikori. The Japanese had a heartbreaking retirement yesterday in Tokyo where he played an excellent tennis against Joao Sousa; Kei was 4-3 up, but he wasn’t able to finish the match. After few tests, the Japanese no.1 had to opt out...

Nishikori retires for the 2nd consecutive time from Wimbledon

A few days ago Kei Nishikori warned Asian players to muscle up if they want to compete with the very best in tennis. Probably, Kei new that something was coming, and he had to retire from Wimbledon after he was losing 6-1 5-1 to...

Injured Nishikori fine for London

Great news for Kei Nishikori and his fans as the Japanese no.1 will be fit to play the season’s finale in London. What happened? Nishikori had to retire in Paris against Gasquet because of a problem to his back. Apparently Kei will anticipate his preparation in...

Nishikori retires from Cincinnati

Kei Nishikori is still struggling with his body. The Japanese no.1 had to skip Wimbledon because of a calf injury sustained in Halle, and now Kei can’t play the tournament in Cincinnati because of a hip injury suffered after playing in Montreal, but … Nishikori: Maybe...

Nishikori: I can be world no.1

Kei Nishikori is not new to injuries. Last year the Japanese was sidelined during the “North American summer” to decide to give a shot at the US Open at the very last moment. That “shot” was a nice one as the Japanese surprised everyone...

Nishikori retires from Wimbledon

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Tough luck for Kei Nishikori that wasn’t able to compete in the Wimbledon second round against Giraldo. Kei looked a bit “unhappy” already in the previous round after beating Bolelli in 5 sets and there were already some rumors about physical problems. Eventually Kei had...

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