Kei Nishikori

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

STOCKHOLM: Top-seeded David Nalbandian and Robin Söderling routed their opponents Saturday to reach the Stockholm Open final.

Nalbandian cruised past Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-1, and Söderling outplayed teenager Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-0.
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David Nalbandian, current holder of the 2007 Madrid and Paris Masters titles, awaits Robin Söderling in Sunday’s If Stockholm Open final.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Top-seeded David Nalbandian and Robin Söderling routed their opponents Saturday to reach the Stockholm Open final. Nalbandian cruised past Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-1, and Söderling outplayed Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-0.

The world number seven will face fourth seed Robin Söderling, who dismantled Japanese wild card Kei Nishikori 6-1 6-0. The 18-year-old Nishikori, …

Robin Söderling, Sweden’s highest ranked player, fought Kei Nishikori for the opportunity to contest Sunday’s final against David Nalbandian.

Swedish star Söderling outplayed Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-0 in the most one-sided match of the tournament so far. Söderling, who has one of …

Kei Nishikori is a young talented player, there are no doubts about that, but he still have to work, or better say he needs time to arrive at that level …

18-year-old advances Japanese wild card Kei Nishikori, 18, ailing with a sore throat and aching knee, reached the Stockholm (Sweden ) Open semifinals Friday when secondseeded Mario Ancic withdrew because of fever. “I wanted to play the match somehow,” Nishikori said. “Now I’ve got a day to rest and I’m sure I can play. It’s the semifinals. It’s big for me.” Nishikori will play fourth-seeded Robin Soderling, who defeated fifth-seeded Rainer Schuettler of Germany 6-2, 7-5. Nishikori has jumped 212 spots to a No. 77 ranking since the beginning of the year. He won his first ATP title at Delray Beach, Fla., early this year to become the first Japanese singles winner on the tour since 1992. Top-seeded David Nalbandian beat seventh-seeded Albert Montanes 6-4, 6-1 and thirdseeded Jarkko Nieminen beat Oscar Hernandez 6-1, 6-4.

Kei Nishikori will battle not only Robin Söderling, but also a biased crowd that will be cheering loudly for their countryman.