Kei Nishikori, the only man in tennis currently who can rival Novak Djokovic just held on to his Barcelona Open Title after defeating Pablo Andujar. This man has had an incredible year and is proving to be a very formidable opponent
The 2015 ATP Barcelona event continued on Friday with four quarterfinal matches producing four semifinalists. The day of action, which saw a Spaniard compete in each match, is now complete and there were a couple of upsets.
Just this week my fellow sports write Shane Lambert wrote about Kei Nishikori possibly being the biggest rival to Novak Djokovic, and he's on track to prove him right after making it to the semi-finals at the 2015 Barcelona Open.
John Isner is certainly on a roll after knocking out Milos Raonic yesterday, and he's moving on to the semi-finals after doing the same to Kei Nishikori in two sets. This makes Isner the first American male to reach the semi-finals in the 2015 Miami Open Masters along with being his second Top 10 win of the tournament.
Novak Djokovic has torn through the 2015 Miami Open Masters pretty quickly and easily, but he did meet a very tough match with Alexandr Dolgopolov. That match showed he may be the number one worldwide ranked tennis player, but there's still plenty of competition ready to take his place.
After seven days at the 2015 Miami Open Masters, Novak Djokovic is showing no signs of slowing down as he readies himself to go up against Alexandr Dolgopolov today.
Milos Raonic started out strong for the fourth round of the 2015 Miami Open Master but suddenly lost his steam in the second set giving his opponent Jeremy Chardy a glimmer of hope.
David Ferrer, already a champion in both Rio and Doha, claimed his third title of the 2015 season this weekend. The Spaniard, who entered this week ranked 9th in the world, defeated Kei Nishikori in the ATP Acapulco 2015 final (Abierta Mexicana Telcel) 6-3, 7-5.
Kei Nishikori and David Ferrer both advanced to the final of ATP Acapulco 2015 (Abierto Mexicano Telcel) with wins on Friday. Nishikori, Japan's No. 1, defeated Kevin Anderson in three sets while David Ferrer, Spain's No. 2, eliminated a resurgent Ryan Harrison, also in three sets.
Kei Nishikori has lived up to his billing at ATP Acapulco so far this week. Japan's top player is into the semifinals of the 2015 Abierto Mexicano Telcel having not dropped a set so far.
Novak Djokovic’s 2014 season, relative to what we’d become used to in recent years, was perhaps a little bit of a letdown. Djokovic started the year off as the World No. 2 and he was a disappointment at Melbourne Park, losing to Stan Wawrinka in the 2014 Australian Open quarterfinals.