Kei Nishikori

Robin Soderling of Sweden returns the ball to Kei Nishikori of Japan during their semi-final match at the ATP Stockholm Open tennis tournament in Stockholm, …

Today’s fun fact is that 2008 marks the 100th year since the coining of the term “melting pot” to describe the multiethnic stew that then comprised the American populace. “Then” refers to the years when immigrants flooded over the ocean in a great global warming of the pursuit of opportunity.
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… Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, winner of four straight tournaments and 23 straight matches after beating Japan's Kei Nishikori, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. …

LONDON (Kyodo) Rising star Kei Nishikori will miss the remainder of this season due to a knee injury, his management office said Saturday.
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Rising teenager Kei Nishikori will miss the remainder of this season due to a knee injury, his management office said Saturday. Nishikori, who climbed to 66th in the ATP rankings after reaching the semifinals of the Stockholm Open last week, received treatment on his right knee after returning to his training camp in Florida.
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Ferrer launched this deplorable verbal attack upon chair umpire Kerrilyn Cramer, who officiated the Spaniard's US Open match against Kei Nishikori of Japan: …

Rising teenager Kei Nishikori climbed to 66th in the ATP rankings released Monday to become the second-highest Japanese ever on the top-tier men’s tennis circuit.
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Rising teenager Kei Nishikori climbed to 66th in the ATP rankings released Monday to become the second-highest Japanese on the top-tier men’s tennis circuit. Nishikori rose 11 places from the previous week to a new career-high after reaching the semifinals of the Stockholm Open, his second best result on the tour following his victory in February at the Delray Beach International in Florida.
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He is also just the third qualifier to win a title this year, following Japan's Kei Nishikori at Delray Beach and Frenchman Gilles Simon in Casablanca. …

He is also just the third qualifier to win a title this year, following Japan's Kei Nishikori at Delray Beach and Frenchman Gilles Simon at Casablanca.