Kei Nishikori of Japan returns the ball to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during their men's quarter-final match during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, June 2, 2015. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
LONDON (Reuters) - Kei Nishikori has shrugged off the pressure of being Japan's highest-seeded player at Wimbledon in the Open era and believes he is getting closer to the levels of the world's top players.
U.S. Open runner-up Nishikori is the fifth seed in the men's single at the All England Club, surpassing the seeding of compatriot Kimiko Date-Krumm, who was seeded sixth in the women's draw in 1994 and 1995.
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