In the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, Kei Nishikori is the number one hope of the Japanese host country in tennis. The 31 -year -old also had impressive performances and won tickets to the quarterfinals. However, before the strong opponent was Novak Djokovic, Nishikori had to stop the game.
Immediately after the Olympic, Nishikori immediately embarked on the process of preparing for the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the year. Accordingly, the Japanese player chose to attend the Washington Open – ATP 500 tournament held in the US. Today 3/8, he will have a match in the first round, with the encounter of Sam Querrey.
Nishikori in the past held the fourth position in the ATP rankings in March 2015. This is also the highest year in the career of the Japanese player when he won the US Open runner -up. Currently, this is still the only Asian athlete ever in a Grand Slam final as well as ever attending ATP World Tour Finals twice when reaching the semi -finals of 2014 and 2016 seasons.
Even so, at the age of 31, Nishikori was declined. Currently, he is ranked 69th on the world chart. This year, the performance of the Japanese tennis player is not good when he only won 13 matches while losing to 19.
On the other side of the battle line, Sam Querrey is holding 70th in the ATP rankings. From the beginning of the year until now, the 33-year-old American player also played quite little, with a victory record of 9-13. In the past, Nishikori and Querrey had met 10 times, in which the Japanese star had 6 victories.
Predict the match results: Kei Nishikori 2-1 Sam Querrey
Battle information Kei Nishikori vs Sam Querrey
– Tournament: Washington Open 2021 – Round 1
– The yard: hard
– Time: Around 6:00 am on August 3, 2021
– Location: Washington (USA)
