Kei Nishikori

Indian Wells : Wild card Sania Mirza came back from the brink to beat Ukrainian Mariya Koryttseva in a gruelling three-setter and enter the second round of the $4.5 million BNP Paribas Open here.

Maria Sharapova made a tentative return from shoulder surgery Thursday, teaming with Elena Vesnina in a 6-2, 4-6, 10-7 loss to Ekaterina Makarova and Tatiana Poutchek in doubles play at the BNP Paribas Open. It was the first match in seven months for Sharapova, who was forced off the WTA Tour last August by a torn rotator cuff and underwent surgery on her right shoulder two months later. “It …

INDIAN WELLS: Two-time tournament champion Lleyton Hewitt continued his comeback from hip surgery by beating Jan Hernych 7-6(3), 6-3 on Thursday in the first round of the men?s draw at the BNP Paribas Open. In the biggest tournament …

NEW DELHI: Ten Indian players, led by the reigning National champion V.M. Ranjeet, are ready to reap the rewards of a four-week training stint at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Centre in Florida. Funded by the Union Sports Ministry as part …

INDIAN WELLS, California – Two-time tournament champion Lleyton Hewitt continued his comeback from hip surgery by beating Jan Hernych 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Thursday in the first…

Ljubicic defeated Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-3 6-3 to set-up a second round clash with fellow Croatian Mario Ancic, while Finland's Nieminen beat France's Nicolas Devilder 7-6 6-1 and now faces 13th seed James Blake. Frenchman Michael Llodra upset Spain's …

Two-time former champion Lleyton Hewitt, unseeded at the BNP Paribas Open for the first time in a decade, won his opener against Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Thursday. Hewitt improved to 6-0 against Hernych. The Australian won the last four points to claim the tiebreaker 7-3. In the second, he broke in the fifth game and in the last. Hewitt won Indian Wells in 2002 and 2003 …

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Maria Sharapova made a tentative return from shoulder surgery Thursday,…

The question poses an interesting debate and lends intrigue to their upcoming first round encounters ? perhaps more so for Ljubicic than Hewitt as the Croatian is set to open his bid against Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori ? a promising young talent. …

Croatian tennis players Mario Ancic has reached the ATP quarterfinals in Stockholm by defeating Belgian Steve Darcis by a score of 7:6(4), 6:4 in a second-round match.
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