Kei Nishikori

Novak Djokovic moved within four matches of completing the first men's singles calendar-year Grand Slam in 52 years.

US Open: Novak Djokovic most recently stretched his domination over 56th-ranked Nishikori with a quarter-final victory at the Tokyo Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics: World No.1 Novak Djokovic eased into the men's singles semi-final by defeating Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-0 while Switzerland's Belinda Bencic made the women's singles final and booked a clash with Marketa Vondrousova.

German sixth seed Alexander Zverev eased into the French Open last 16 for the fourth successive year on Friday with a straight-sets win over Serbia's Laslo Djere.

French Open: Kei Nishikori defeated Karen Khachanov 4-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in a marathon five-setter to move into the third round.

Italian Open: Rafael Nadal reached his 16th last-eight appearance in Rome and a 97th ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final.

Japanese tennis players Kei Nishikori and Naomi Osaka agreed that discussions were needed to ensure a safe organisation of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the middle of a coronavirus scare in Japan.

Forty-seven players were barred from practising for a fortnight Saturday in a major setback to their Australian Open preparations after passengers on two charter flights that brought them to Melbourne tested positive to Covid-19.

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.

Japan's Naomi Osaka beat Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final to add to winning the 2018 US Open and the 2019 Australian Open.

Japan's Kei Nishikori, the 2014 US Open runner-up, said Sunday he has contracted COVID-19 and has withdrawn from an ATP event in New York with this year's US Open only two weeks away.

Leading tennis players like Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Kei Nishikori will compete in Mario Tennis Aces for a $1 million (roughly Rs. 7.5 crores) charity donation. The virtual all-star tennis tournament will be live-streamed on Facebook Gaming on May 3 at 1 pm PT (May 4, 1:30am IST).

Kei Nishikori, who has slipped to 13, said he was disappointed not to be able to begin his season as hoped for in January.

Karolina Pliskova struggled into the second round of the US Open on Monday while 2014 runner-up Kei Nishikori of Japan needed only 47 minutes to advance.

Stefanos Tsitsipas, who entered the top five for the first time last week, drops two places and is leapfrogged by Kei Nishikori and Alexander Zverev.

Novak Djokovic moved within four matches of completing the first men's singles calendar-year Grand Slam in 52 years.

US Open: Novak Djokovic most recently stretched his domination over 56th-ranked Nishikori with a quarter-final victory at the Tokyo Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics: World No.1 Novak Djokovic eased into the men's singles semi-final by defeating Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-0 while Switzerland's Belinda Bencic made the women's singles final and booked a clash with Marketa Vondrousova.

German sixth seed Alexander Zverev eased into the French Open last 16 for the fourth successive year on Friday with a straight-sets win over Serbia's Laslo Djere.

French Open: Kei Nishikori defeated Karen Khachanov 4-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in a marathon five-setter to move into the third round.

Italian Open: Rafael Nadal reached his 16th last-eight appearance in Rome and a 97th ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final.

Japanese tennis players Kei Nishikori and Naomi Osaka agreed that discussions were needed to ensure a safe organisation of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the middle of a coronavirus scare in Japan.

Forty-seven players were barred from practising for a fortnight Saturday in a major setback to their Australian Open preparations after passengers on two charter flights that brought them to Melbourne tested positive to Covid-19.

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.

Japan's Naomi Osaka beat Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final to add to winning the 2018 US Open and the 2019 Australian Open.

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.

Leading tennis players like Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Kei Nishikori will compete in Mario Tennis Aces for a $1 million (roughly Rs. 7.5 crores) charity donation. The virtual all-star tennis tournament will be live-streamed on Facebook Gaming on May 3 at 1 pm PT (May 4, 1:30am IST).

Kei Nishikori, who has slipped to 13, said he was disappointed not to be able to begin his season as hoped for in January.

Karolina Pliskova struggled into the second round of the US Open on Monday while 2014 runner-up Kei Nishikori of Japan needed only 47 minutes to advance.

Stefanos Tsitsipas, who entered the top five for the first time last week, drops two places and is leapfrogged by Kei Nishikori and Alexander Zverev.