Tag: #Kei Nishikori
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US Open tennis: Azarenka shocks third seed Kenin in Rome, Gauff bows out
Victoria Azarenka switched with ease from her impressive form on the hard court in the United States last week to clay in Rome sweeping past third Sofia Kenin 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the third round of the Italian Open on Thursday.
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Tennis upset! Wawrinka crashes out of Rome to Italian teenager
ROME (AFP) -- Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka crashed out of the Italian Open in the first round on Tuesday after a humiliating defeat to 18-year-old Italian Lorenzo Musetti.
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Tennis: Nishikori finds feet on Rome clay with first win in a year
ROME (AFP) -- Japan's Kei Nishikori got his first win in a year at the Italian Open on Monday with former Rome semi-finalists Grigor Dimitrov and Marin Cilic also easing into the second round of the clay-court tournament.
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Naomi Osaka’s third Grand Slam, anti-racism stand, hailed in Japan
Naomi Osaka's victory in the US Open was hailed Sunday by media and officials in Japan who broadly welcomed her campaigning for victims of racial injustice and against police brutality.
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Nishikori still COVID-19 positive, stays isolated
Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori said Friday he is still positive for COVID-19 and will remain in isolation into early next week as the start of the US Open looms.
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Japan’s Nishikori tests positive for COVID-19
Japan's Kei Nishikori, the 2014 US Open runner-up, said Sunday he has contracted COVID-19 and has withdrawn from an ATP event in New York with this year's US Open only two weeks away.