Kei Nishikori

Kei Nishikori bowed out in the second round of the Brisbane International on Wednesday, losing to Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-3, 6-4. Nishikori, led 3-1 in the second set but lost the next four games in the ATP Tour season-opening event.

BRISBANE: Top seed Andy Murray survived a tense examination from unheralded Mikhail Kukushkin to scrape into the second round of the Brisbane International yesterday.

Top seed Andy Murray survived a tense examination from unheralded Mikhail Kukushkin to scrape into the second round of the Brisbane International on Tuesday.

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 3 (UPI) — Top-seeded Andy Murray needed a third set Tuesday to get out of the first round of the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Australia.

It has been such a sensational year for Novak Djokovic that he has only suffered four defeats – and three of them have come while “injured”.The latest was the most surprising as he was beaten 2-6 7-6 6-0 by Japanese youngster Kei Nishikori in th Continue reading →

SHANGHAI — Andy Murray overpowered Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-0 Saturday, setting up a Shanghai Masters final against David Ferrer and taking another step in his bid to pass Roger Federer in the rankings. Ferrer, ranked No. 5, struggled past fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3. It was the third straight match he has come back to win after losing the first set. Read full article >>

Fourth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga suffered an unexpected defeat in his opening match at the Shanghai Masters when he was beaten 6-7 6-4 6-4 by Japanese Kei Nishikori.

SHANGHAI: Big-serving Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was sent crashing out of the Shanghai Masters yesterday by Japan’s Kei Nishikori but untroubled top seed Rafael Nadal eased through to the third round.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was knocked out of the second round of the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday, losing 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-4 to Kei Nishikori of Japan.

Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia returns a shot against Kei Nishikori of Japan during their first round match at the Malaysian Open tennis tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011.