
The Japanese tennis player lost to Francis Tiafoe in the first round of the competition
Olympic bronze medalist and former world number four Kei Nishikori retired after losing to American Francis Tiafoe in the first round of the Tokyo tournament with a score of 4:6, 4:6.
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Kei Nishikori announced his retirement at the end of the season in the spring and specified that the tournament in Tokyo would be his last.
MOSCOW, October 1 - RIA Novosti. 2016 Olympic bronze medalist and former world No. 4 Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori retired after losing in the first round of a home tournament in Tokyo.
At the ATP 500 tournament, he lost to the eighth racket of the world to American Francis Tiafoe with a score of 4:6, 4:6.
In the spring, the Japanese announced that he had decided to retire at the end of the season. He later clarified that the tournament in Tokyo would be his last.

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