Nishikori carries four billion Asian hopes on modest shoulders


  • Tennis
  • Monday, 03 Nov 2014

Kei Nishikori of Japan returns a shot during his men's singles semi-final tennis match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Paris Masters tennis tournament at the Bercy sports hall in Paris, November 1, 2014. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

PARIS (Reuters) - His mere presence causes hysteria and pandemonium in the Land of the Rising Sun and he has no tennis equal in a continent heaving with 4.427 billion inhabitants, yet self-effacing Kei Nishikori thinks he is simply "one" of the best players in Japan.

One of the best? More like 'the best'.

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