Monday, August 31, 2015

Nishikori, last year's runner-up, upset by Paire at US Open (Yahoo Sports)

Kei Nishikori, of Japan, reacts after losing a point to Benoit Paire, of France, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A year after his run all the way to his first Grand Slam final, Kei Nishikori's stay at the U.S. Open lasted only a few hours. The fourth-seeded Nishikori had two match points in the fourth-set tiebreaker against 41st-ranked Benoit Paire, but the Frenchman saved both of them then took control in the fifth for a 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 victory Monday. Nishikori had withdrawn from the hard-court warmup at Cincinnati, citing a hip injury, but he said Monday he was fine physically.




from Yahoo Sports http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/top/SIG=1348ooj29/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nishikori-last-years-runner-upset-paire-us-open-191944324--ten.html

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