Kei Nishikori confirmed in the last hours that he married Mai Yamauchi, who was his girlfriend for several years, on December 11. As throughout their lives, the couple kept a low profile and low-key, so much so that the world found out about the wedding when it had already taken place. It should be remembered that the Japanese comes from suffering physical problems and has played very little this year.
Low profile
Despite being one of the most recognized tennis players on the circuit, Kei Nishikori was never a high-profile or attention-grabbing person, quite the opposite. And the couple traveled the same path at the time of getting married: nothing to advertise it, or advertise it. With saying that the press did not find out until the player himself confirmed it several hours later. Anyway, it is his private life and his decisions, as well as those of his now wife, are not only respectable, but they are not anyone’s business.
Little participation in 2020
The native of Shimane, current number 41 of the classification of the ATP, was only part of 4 tournaments in all this atypical 2020. The first was the ATP 250 from Kitzbuhel, where he was eliminated in the round of 32 – his first round there – against Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic. His second participation was in the Masters 1000 de Roma. In the Italian capital he managed to advance to the second round after beating Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 7-6 (3), but then fell 3-6 4-6 against Italian Lorenzo Musetti.
His participation on clay – brick dust – continued in the Hamburg ATP 500, but he succumbed again in the first match: it was a 0-6 3-6 defeat against the Chilean Cristian Garin. Finally, he traveled to Paris to play Roland Garros and was defeated in the second round – round of 64 -: first he beat 1-6 6-1 7-6 (3) 1-6 6-4 to British Daniel Evans and then lost 4-6 6-2 6-7 ( 7) 6-4 2-6 against the Italian Stefano Travaglia.
His shoulder
“My shoulder is not 100% yet, but rehabilitation is going well, I’m sure it will be perfect next year. I want to fix my serve form. My shoulder injury was caused by the way I served, I think, maybe partly due to another movement as well, so I want to change that, “Nishikori said in recent remarks. In addition, he confessed that he has not been able to train his serve due to pain, but that in any case and despite being 30 years old he still feels that he can win a Masters 1000 or a Grand Slam.
