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Sam Stosur Back on track

Kei Nishikori Star Rising

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FEATURES

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Vika’s Place

Having worked so hard to achieve the honour, Victoria Azarenka is settling comfortable into her role as world No. 1.

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Changing of the guard

Recent major victories to Azarenka and Petra Kvitova have altered the complexion of the WTA landscape.

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Davis Cup finds perfection The Australian Davis Cup team is another step closer to returning to the elite World Group.

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Sam Strikes Back

After a disappointing summer, Sam Stosur is once again delivering her best at international events.

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From Court to Course

Golf is the popular sports alternative that suits many top tennis players to a “tee”.

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O-Kei

The history-making Kei Nishikori is determined to set an example as Asia’s top-ranked male player.

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FROM THE EDITOR

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O-Kei Kei Nishikori feels no pressure as Asia’s top-ranked male player. In fact, the most

successful man in Japan’s tennis history relishes his role model responsibilities as he targets further highs. By Vivienne Christie

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t’s not unusual to encounter young players who, thrown into the highlycompetitive and generally nomadic world of elite-level tennis, seem older than their years. A first meeting with Kei Nishikori provides the perfect example.

Deeply attentive and quietly spoken in turn, there’s careful consideration and a rare seriousness as he shares the story of his journey from a small Japanese city in Shimane to relative tennis superstardom – and you soon learn that if Nishikori is wise beyond his 22 years, it’s largely because he’s had to be.

With a talent that was obvious virtually from the moment he picked up a racquet at age five, Nishikori was just 14 years old when he left his family home in Japan to develop his natural ability in America.

Arriving alone at the world famous Nick Bollettieri Academy is an intimidating prospect for any teenager – for the painfully shy Nishikori, who couldn’t speak a word of English, it must have been immeasurably so.

Nishikori is reluctant, though, to be drawn into any conversations about how difficult it was to move practically a world away – literally and figuratively – so young, pointing instead to the opportunities that the sacrifice created.

“It was tough but you know, I was enjoying playing tennis and playing tennis all day. I kind of

had to move to the US because my city is small and there aren’t many players to play,” he said.

Propelled by fierce ambition and quickly developing a reputation as one of the Academy’s hardest working students, Nishikori soon made an impact.

At age 18, he came through qualifying and defeated then world No. 12 James Blake in the final to win his first ATP World Tour title at Delray Beach in 2008.

Moving more than 200 rankings places, Nishikori was the youngest player to finish in the world’s top 100 that year.

While injury has intervened at various stages since – after elbow surgery and a lengthy rehabilitation in 2009, his ranking dropped to No. 898 in 2010 – Nishikori never lost sight of his various tennis dreams.

Last year, the young player achieved one of them when he became the highestranked Japanese male player in history, overtaking Shuzo Matsuoka’s career-best

No. 46 (achieved in 1995) when he rose to No. 30 in October. Nishikori eventually finished the season at No. 25 following finals appearances in Houston and Basel, as well as semi-final runs in Delray Beach, Eastbourne, Kuala Lumpur and Shanghai.

“That was one of my goals after I turned pro. It’s really an honour to be the number one player in Japan,” Nishikori said of becoming Japan’s best-ever male player. “Matsuoka was always one of my idols and he was my coach too so I’m really happy to get the ranking.”

It’s a history that Nishikori seems determined to keep on rewriting. At Australian Open 2012, he became the first Japanese man to reach a major quarter-final in the Open era, recovering from a two-set deficit to defeat local favourite Matt Ebden in the second round before a momentous 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 win over sixth seed and former finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round. With that milestone occurring at the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific, there was a pleasing synchronicity in Nishikori strengthening his position as Asia’s topranked male player.

For some young men, it’s a position that might carry Australian Tennis Magazine | March 2012

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A whipping forehand and finely developed athleticism compensate for any lack of power.

Nishikori is thrilled to provide inspiration to his growing fan base.

a burden of responsibility, but Nishikori is more than happy to blaze a trail for Asian men. “Honestly there are a lot of good players in Asia,” he said. “I’m happy to get to the top from Asia. Hopefully I can be like Li Na for the men.”

Nowhere is the attention more focused, of course, than Japan. Having secured that opportunity to attend the Bollettieri Academy as a member of the Masaaki Morita Tennis Fund group, which consists of a select few Japanese players sponsored by Mr Morita, CEO of Sony, Nishikori has long been wellknown in his homeland.

While Nishikori admits that “sometimes its crazy” with the fanfare he attracts at home, he’s thrilled to provide inspiration to his compatriots. “Hopefully people, especially kids, starting playing tennis,” he commented as he made history at the Australian Open. “First of all I have to play well and I have to give them good news (in) Japan. You know, if that helps Japan, I’m really happy.”

While it’s rare for Nishikori to spend more than a couple of weeks at a time in Japan, there’s no question how much it remains home to him. So he was devastated to hear of the massive earthquake that shattered the nation in March 2011.

“It was a helpless feeling being so far away and not able to do anything,” Nishikori, who was competing in Indian Wells at the time, later told ATP’s Deuce online magazine. “I was thinking, ‘is it OK to play tennis?’ I was really worried about Japan. So many people died and others couldn’t survive without food with all the destruction. The pictures were very surreal.”

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earthquake victims and partnering with American Red Cross and Ace Authentic to help generate donations through his Facebook page. He also appeared with peers including Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in a charity football match in Miami. “It was really an honour to be Japanese because all the players helped me help Japan,” Nishikori said.

That massive natural disaster couldn’t help but provide perspective on the injury problems that struck just as Nishikori was starting to achieve some stunning victories, including his five set win over fourth seed David Ferrer that led to a last 16 appearance at the 2008 US Open.

“That was when I was playing really well and getting a good ranking,” he said. “It was a really tough decision to get the surgery and doing the rehab.

(It was) my first surgery and first time without tennis for a couple of months.

But now I really appreciate it because without that injury it’s much easier. But I learned from that a lot.”

The most valuable outcome was possibly the deeper appreciation of being able to compete at such a high level. While admitting that he tried not to watch tennis “because it was really tough mentally” Nishikori also vowed to come back stronger than ever.

He’s certainly done that. The 178 cm Nishikori understands that he’s never going to win with natural power, but he’s developed some formidable weapons to compensate. A whipping forehand causes considerable damage, as does the natural movement and fitness that saw him thrive while others wilted in the recent Australian summer.

“You have to be really smart because I’m not the big guy on tour,” Nishikori

pointed out in Melbourne. “You know, I need a lot of speed because I don’t have much power. So I need speed and (to be) smart.”

Acknowledging that hitting with so many different styles of opponents in America has helped his game tremendously, Nishikori was thrilled to take his biggest step in Australia, which helped him achieve his 2012 goal of entering the world’s top 20 just two months into the new season.

At world No. 17 as he targets further success at his favourite Grand Slam, the French Open, there’s a sense that Nishikori is destined for a bigger breakthrough. And as excited fans relish that possibly, the man himself refuses to feel the weight of expectation. “You know, it’s an honour to make a lot of histories, to be (the) No. 1 player in Japan,” he insisted.

“But that never gives me pressure.”

There’s that sense of Nishikori being wise beyond his years again – which could be potent in the high-stakes world of pro tennis. At age 22, he’s already a seasoned campaigner but he still has plenty of time to put that experience to good use. n

FAST FACTS Born: Shimane, Japan, 29 December 1989 Lives: Bradenton, Florida, USA Height: 178 cm Weight: 68 kg Coach: Dante Bottini Career titles: 1 singles Career prize money: $US 1,594,955 Current ranking: No. 17 (February 2012) Family: Mother Eri is a piano teacher; father Kiyoshi is an engineer; older sister Reino works in Tokyo

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