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French Open: Kei Nishikori routs Jesse Levine in first round
Nishikori missed the French Open last year because of an abdominal injury.
- Associated Press
- Updated: May 27, 2013 06:21 PM IST
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Paris:
Kei Nishikori of Japan routed Jesse Levine of Canada 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 in the first round of the French Open on Monday.
Seeded 13th at Roland Garros, Nishikori is the highest-ranked Japanese man ever at No. 15.
Nishikori warmed up for the clay-court Grand Slam by beating Roger Federer in the third round of the Madrid Open.
Nishikori missed the French Open last year because of an abdominal injury.
Topics mentioned in this article
Tennis Rafael Nadal Roger Federer Mahesh Bhupathi Andy Murray Novak Djokovic Jie Zheng Bernard Tomic Kei Nishikori Jesse Levine Agnieszka Radwanska French Open 2013
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