Template:POTD/2015-12-29
Kei Nishikori (b. 1989) is a Japanese professional tennis player. Nishikori qualified for his first ATP main draw event at the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles at the age of 17; in 2008 he was named ATP Newcomer of the Year. He has won ten singles titles and was runner-up at the 2014 US Open. Ranked No. 8 in the world as of November 23, 2015, he is the only male Japanese tennis player ever to be ranked inside the top 10 in ATP Singles Ranking and reached his career-high ranking of world No. 4 in March 2015. He is also the first male player from an Asian country to reach a Grand Slam singles final and the first to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals.Photograph: David Iliff