Kei Nishikori

A semifinal berth will be at stake when Mikhail Youzhny and Marcos Baghdatis meet in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. This is the sixth career meeting between the two players.

David Ferrer will contest his opening match in Kuala Lumpur against Bernard Tomic on Wednesday. Marcos Baghdatis and Denis Istomin are also in action.

QUALIFIERS Igor Andreev of Russia and Milos Raonic of Canada reached the second round on a day Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis annihilated Japanese star Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-1 in the ATP Tour Malaysian Open at Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus made short work of Japanese tennis sensation Kei Nishikori in the first round of the Malaysian Open tennis …

Marcos Baghdatis makes quick work of Kei Nishikori on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur. Next up for Baghdatis is a second-round meeting with Santiago Giraldo.

The Cypriot, playing for the first time after a month's lay-off, thrashed Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-1 6-1 to reach the second round of the Malaysian Open. …

… Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Go Saeda (JPN) 6-1, 6-4; Milos Raonic (CAN) bt Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 7-6, 6-3; Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-1, …

Yuki and Kei Nishikori have been given a wild card entry into the doubles event and they are pitted against formidable Brazilian pair of Bruno Soares and …

Yew Ming foray into the main draw was a stroke of luck as the organisers awarded wildcard entrant Kei Nishikori of Japan a slot in the main draw after …

The Kuala Lumpur draw did no favors to Marcos Baghdatis and Kei Nishikori. They will face each other in the first round on Tuesday evening.