After ending the 2019 season earlier than any other tennis player due to injury. Japanese national Kei Nishikori has to face the operating table in an effort to restore Kei right elbow.
World number 8 tennis player Nishikori has not competed since the US Open last August when he had to defeat the young Australian, Alex De Minaur in the third round. Nishikori ended 2019 season by recording 29 wins and 14 defeats with highlights winning the title in Brisbane in January.
With victory in Brisbane, who has won 12 titles, Nishikori broke nine consecutive defeats at the top of ATP tournament.
Nishikori did not lose a set on the way to the top party in Brisbane, before claiming a three-set victory over young Russian Daniil Medvedev. Who appeared sensational in the second half of the season.
This season, Nishikori also walked into the three quarterfinals of Grand Slam, namely the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.
After undergoing surgery, Nishikori is schedule to compete again in the first edition of the ATP Cup in January 2020.
The 29-year-old tennis player Nishikori will join his compatriot, Yoshihito Nishioka in the season-beginning tournament to be hold in Perth.
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Japan will compete in Group B with Spain and Georgia. With players from 24 other countries, they will compete to win the ATP Cup title which will held for 10 days.
Previously we have learned that the ITF has given approval for Roger Federer to step down at the Olympics next summer, while Kei Nishikori still has to wait for his fate.
After not competing in the Davis Cup since the Olympics four years ago, the participation of Federer and Nishikori at the Olympic Games in 2020.Which will be held in Tokyo is certainly questionable.
The criteria for joining the Olympics are clear, That the player must appear at the Davis Cup. At least twice in four years, something that Federer and Nishikori failed to fulfill.
But in a recent interview, ITF president David Haggerty explained the situation of Federer and Nishikori.
“We have specific rules and that makes us different from other competitions,” Haggerty told the EFE Agency.
As for Nishikori, his participation in the Olympics which will held in his own home is in danger. After he is certain to miss the Davis Cup Finals at the end of the season due to injury.
If Japan fails to advance to the Davis Cup semifinals using a new format next month in Madrid. Then Nishikori will have the opportunity to qualify for the Olympics by participating in David Cup qualifying round next March.
