◇ 6th (7th Japan time) ◇ Men’s singles semifinals, etc.
Yoshihito Nishioka (26 = Miki House), ranked 96th in the world, is Venus and has advanced to his third tour final. 6-3, 6-4 straight victory over Andrei Rublev (24), who is in 8th place and boasts 11 tour wins. In the final after 6:00 am Japan time on the 8th, he will play against Nick Kyrgios (27 = Australia), who is the 63rd place in Wimbledon runner-up, for his second tour victory.
It is the first time in about two and a half years since Nishioka himself won the second place at the Delray Beach Open in February 2008 that the Japanese men will advance to the tour final in singles. The Japanese men’s tour singles final record is as follows.
1973 Osaka OP runner-up Toshiro Sakai
● 89 BP National runner-up Shuzo Matsuoka
1992 South Korean OP winner Shuzo Matsuoka
● 2008 Delray Beach OP winner Kei Nishikori
2011 U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship Runner-up Kei Nishikori
2011 Swiss indoor runner-up Kei Nishikori
2012 Rakuten OP winner Kei Nishikori
2013 All-American Indoor Champion Kei Nishikori
2014 All-American Indoor Champion Kei Nishikori
2014 Barcelona OP winner Kei Nishikori
2014 Madrid OP runner-up Kei Nishikori
● 2014 U.S. runner-up Kei Nishikori
2014 Malaysian OP winner Kei Nishikori
2014 Rakuten OP winner Kei Nishikori
2015 Memphis OP winner Kei Nishikori
2015 Mexican OP runner-up Kei Nishikori
2015 Barcelona OP winner Kei Nishikori
2015 City OP winner Kei Nishikori
2016 Memphis OP winner Kei Nishikori
2016 Miami OP runner-up Kei Nishikori
2016 Barcelona OP runner-up Kei Nishikori
2016 Rogers Cup runner-up Kei Nishikori
2016 Swiss indoor runner-up Kei Nishikori
2017 Brisbane International Runner-up Kei Nishikori
2017 Argentina OP runner-up Kei Nishikori
2017 Antalya OP Yuichi Sugita wins
2018 Monte Carlo Masters runner-up Kei Nishikori
2018 Istanbul OP Daniel Taro wins
2018 Shenzhen OP Yoshihito Nishioka wins
2018 Rakuten OP runner-up Kei Nishikori
2018 Erste Bank OP Runner-up Kei Nishikori
2019 Brisbane International Champion Kei Nishikori
2020 Delray Beach OP Runner-up Yoshihito Nishioka
● 22 years city OP?Yoshihito Nishioka
(Record since the current tour system started in 1970)
◆City Open men’s singles finals will be broadcast live on WOWOW Live from 6:00 am on August 8th. WOWOW On Demand will also be distributed at the same time.