Nadal has given fits when down break point in the past, but the Japanese No. 1 established himself in three of these rallies. On the last, at 4-3, 30-40, Nishikori's excellent return forced ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Rafael Nadal beat defending champion Kei Nishikori 6-4, 7-5 to win the Barcelona Open for the ninth time on Sunday, equaling Guillermo Vilas' record of 49 career clay-court ...

Nishikori finished the season ranked 41st in ... which he lost to Rafael Nadal. The “one chance” he had been waiting for presented itself at the tournament, he recalled.

Nadal is undefeated in their five previous French Open matches. After his victory over Benoît Paire in the fourth round at Roland Garros, Nishikori had a 23-6 record in five-set matches ...

Nadal has competed in just seven tournaments ... with a hand injury and has since withdrawn from the US Open. Kei Nishikori Nishikori reached his only Grand Slam final at the US Open a decade ...

Prior to 1968, the United States National Championships was an amateur event. It became the U.S. Open in 1968 when the ...

I just ran out of time." Murray and Evans start their doubles bid against Japan's Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel. Nadal and Alcaraz, who will team up for the first time, face Argentina's Andres ...

Nadal is also through to the second round of ... but he missed out on a singles bronze medal in 2016, after losing to Kei ...

Nadal has a perfect record on clay this season ... but responded with a 6-3 1-6 6-3 success against the Frenchman. Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori were among the other seeds to go through.

But Rafael Nadal, like Djokovic a former champion at the event, was unable to escape an on-form Kei Nishikori as the fourth seed sent out the Spaniard 6-2, 6-4, thanks in part to six double-faults ...

Jannik Sinner has defeated Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 with a relentless baseline game to win the U.S. Open men’s championship ...