BBC Sport1/5/2026Deportes
Kei Nishikori Announces Retirement at End of 2026 Season
The 36-year-old Japanese tennis star, who reached world number four and made history as the first Japanese player to reach a Grand Slam final, will retire after battling injuries
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- Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori announced he will retire at the end of the 2026 season at age 36.
- The former world number four became the first Japanese player to reach a Grand Slam singles final at the 2014 US Open and won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
- Nishikori, who has been hampered by injuries and dropped to 462 in the rankings, won 12 ATP Tour titles and beat Novak Djokovic in the 2014 US Open semi-finals.
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Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori announced he will retire at the end of the 2026 season at age 36. The former world number four became the first Japanese player to reach a Grand Slam singles final at the 2014 US Open and won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Nishikori, who has been hampered by injuries and dropped to 462 in the rankings, won 12 ATP Tour titles and beat Novak Djokovic in the 2014 US Open semi-finals.
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