Let nobody say that Andy Murray is about to get carried away by his newly-elevated profile, $1million US Open pay cheque or enhanced value in the tennis marketplace.
Tennis player Kei Nishikori was defeated by 17th-seeded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in a match of teen stars in the fourth round of the men’s singles at the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament on Monday.
Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori’s ground-breaking U.S. Open run came to an end in the fourth round on Monday with a 6-3 6-4 6-3 defeat by fellow young gun Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina.
Novak Djokovic has admitted that, even at the tender age of 21, the fresh crop of teenage talent muscling its way towards the top of the men’s game is making him feel old.
In a matchup of teenage phenoms, Kei Nishikori, the 18-year-old from Japan, plays Juan Martin Del Potro, the 19-year-old from Argentina, at 6:30 p.m. this Monday — Labor Day — evening at Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Japanese outsider Kei Nishikori stole the spotlight on another day of shocks at the US Open on Saturday, while Venus and Serena Williams rolled towards a quarter-final showdown at Flushing Meadows.
Rafael Nadal strolled into the fourth round of the US Open with an easy win over Serbia’s Viktor Troicki.
The shutters were still chirping long enough into Kei Nishikori’s press conference for the cameras to capture him looking visibly uncomfortable. He had no fancy sweatsuit, and was still in the same lime-green shirt he wore during his match. Suddenly, the 18-year-old finally settled into his chair and flashed a boyish smile. It was time to answer questions in Japanese.
David Ferrer was the highest profile casualty in the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows. The fourth-seeded Spaniard, who reached the semi-final last year, lost to the Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori in a gruelling five-set match.
Spaniard David Ferrer fell to Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the third round of the US Open on Saturday.
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