Kei Nishikori

Bhuapthi, 37, playing with Russian Elena Vesnina, seeded fourth, beat the Australian combine of Stephen Huss and Anastasia Rodionova 6-2, 7-6 (7-3). The pair of Somdev Devvarman and Kei Nishikori, crashed to sixthseeds Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic …

For various reasons, we didn't see nearly enough of touted prospects Milos Raonic, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Grigor Dimitrov, Ryan Harrison or Kei Nishikori at Wimbledon (although Dmitrov and Harrison left some huge impressions). The one young hotshot who …

But it was curtains for Somdev Devvarman in the men's doubles event after he and Japan's Kei Nishikori lost 3-6 4-6 6-7 (5) to the sixth seeded French-Serbian combine of Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic in the second round on Monday. …

The loss means that Somdev Devvarman, who has paired up with Japan's Kei Nishikori, is the lone Indian player left in the men's doubles draw. Devvarman and Nishikori have yet to play their second-round match against Michael Llodra of France and Nenad …

The third seeded Indian pair registered a hard-fought 6-7 (7) 6-4 6-4 victory over Croatian combo of Ivan Dodig and Lovro Zovko in the opening round of Somdev Devvarman and his Japanese partner Kei Nishikori also crossed the first hurdle and advanced …

Somdev, however, is in contention in the men's doubles where he is partnering Japan's Kei Nishikori. They face Germany's Rainer Schuettler and Alexander Waske in the first round. Somdev, who was making his singles debut here, admitted to having a …

Notoriously guarded and intermittently terse in press conferences, Hewitt gave nothing away when asked after his first-round win over prospect Kei Nishikori if he'd taken painkillers for a foot injury. This while Andy Murray was happy to …

World No. 5 Robin Soderling will commence Thursday play on Centre Court, as he faces former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt. The players are vying for a spot in the third round.

Kind of knowing the whole time that it's not just going to magically disappear overnight,'' Hewitt said after seeing off Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-1, 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (7-9), 6-3 in the first round. ''That's the hard thing. You wake up, it's pretty sore. …

LLEYTON Hewitt always draws a choir of boisterous fans at Wimbledon but yesterday they had a new chant among their usual cries.