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<\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nThe highest-ranked player in Japanese history, Nishikori rose to a career-high No. 4 in the world, capturing 12 ATP titles and compiling 451 tour-level victories.<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old, currently ranked No. 464, announced on Thursday that he will retire at the end of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have decided to retire from professional tennis at the end of this season,\u201d Nishikori wrote on X. \u201cSince I was a child, I have been passionate about tennis and pursued it with one dream in my heart: to compete on the world stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cReaching the ATP Tour, competing at the highest level and maintaining a place in the Top 10 is something I am extremely proud of. Whether in victory or defeat, the atmosphere in packed arenas is irreplaceable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nishikori\u2019s career was at times defined by injury setbacks. The explosive shotmaker\u2014who reached the 2014 US Open final to become the first Asian man to contest a Grand Slam singles final\u2014struggled to maintain momentum amid recurring physical issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were times when I was overwhelmed by frustration and anxiety due to injuries that prevented me from playing as I wanted,\u201d he wrote. \u201cEven so, my love for tennis and my belief that I could become stronger always brought me back. These experiences have shaped my life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am deeply grateful to my family and everyone who has supported me. To be honest, I still wish I could continue. But looking back, I can proudly say I gave it my all. I will cherish every remaining match and fight to the very end.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nishikori owns a 29-8 career record in fifth sets and went 157-60 in deciding sets overall. He claimed 104 match wins at the majors and reached 27 ATP finals.<\/p>\n
He won 40 matches against the Top 10 and earned two wins over reigning World No.1s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a year marked by a wave of high-profile retirements\u2014think Gael Monfils, Stan Wawrinka, Sorana Cirstea, David Goffin,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-618366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}