Kei Nishikori

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 27 (UPI) — Seeded players Nikolay Davydenko and Kei Nishikori collected first-round wins Tuesday at the Malaysian Open tennis tournament.

Japan stormed back into the Davis Cup World Group for the first time in nearly three decades on Sunday after Kei Nishikori defeated Vishnu Vardhan to give the hosts an insurmountable lead over India.

Reuters/New York Japan’s Kei Nishikori suffered injury heartbreak at the US Open for the second year in succession yesterday when he retired from his first round clash against Italy’s Flavio Cipolla.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kei Nishikori has retired from his first-round match at the U.S. Open because of a lower back injury.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kei Nishikori has retired from his first-round match at the U.S. Open because of a lower back injury.

NEW YORK – Kei Nishikori has retired from his first-round match at the U.S. Open because of a lower back injury. Flavio…

Kei Nishikori of Japan returns a shot to Flavio Cipolla of Italy during the first round of play at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.

NEW YORK — Kei Nishikori has retired from his first-round match at the U.S. Open because of a lower back injury. Flavio Cipolla was leading 6-4, 6-2 on Monday when Nishikori retired. A year after he won a match that took nearly five hours, Nishikori lasted just 75 minutes at the 2011 tournament. Nishikori thinks the injury was the result of fatigue after playing six matches at Winston-Salem last …

Kei Nishikori has retired from his first-round match at the U.S. Open because of a lower back injury. Flavio Cipolla was leading 6-4, 6-2 on Monday when Nishikori retired. A year after he won a match that took nearly five hours, Nishikori lasted just 75 minutes at the 2011 tournament. Nishikori thinks the injury was the result of fatigue after playing six matches at Winston-Salem last week …

Philipp Kohlschreiber rallied from a set and a break down then kept calm as Andy Roddick lost his cool to upset the American in the first round of the Cincinnati hardcourt tennis tournament on Monday.