PARADORN CHAPTER 2

This year, Li Na, the Chinese women's tennis champion French Open in 2011, can not be the only tennis idol in Asian nation. Asia is also awaiting the birth of the son of his best tennis player Paradorn Srichaphan would be a second volume.

He is Kei Nishikori. In the Open Grand Slam Australian tennis player and practice based in Japan, Florida, USA, is winning the second fight, (19 / 1) , to enter the third round.

In a duel that took place at Margaret Court Arena, the third arena in Melbourne Park, Nishikori had to overcome two major challenges. It must continue its position remained 0-2 at a time silenced the crowd support against an opponent, Australian tennis player Matthew Ebden.

Nishikori, who was 22 years old, was also successful, including the touch of a fundamental error, a shot that hit the net or outside the court. The tennis player who has carved a number of surprises at the end of the 2011 season (after various shocks in previous years) eventually won 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6 - 1.

"He started the match very well. However, in the third and fourth I tried to be more aggressive and not to make mistakes, "said Nishikori.

Athletes that his posture is not too high (178cm) to the top of world tennis average expected he deserved as an idol. Practice at the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy is famous, the young Nishikori has ideals penetrate into the 45th position in the world so it is often called Project 45.

Its purpose, instead of transmissivity. Throughout 2010, mainly thanks to four victories in the series Challenger, Nishikori finished the season with 322 bolted to the order of 98 ATP rankings. Last year, the project broke 45 pemuncak world, Novak Djokovic (who is recovering from a shoulder injury), to enter the final tournament in Basel, Switzerland.

In this year also a number of top players such as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Nicolas Almagro, and Mardy Fish, remove it. Two finals and four semifinals to sufficient capital for Nishikori to close the season at No. 25 World and only dropped one position when it comes to Melbourne Park.

Nishikori was supposed to be a substitute for Paradorn Srichaphan, the first Asian player to become world number one nine worlds, nine years ago.

Compared to the star of Thailand, Nishikori is less robust and less. However, Nishikori quick shine. At 22, Paradorn able to get new positions-110 to penetrate the area of ​​the ATP and 20 of the world at the end of the age of 23.

In the Grand Slam was faster Nishikori brilliant. If the best achievement of the fourth round Paradorn is a new series he reached the age of 24, Nishikori was able to reach the round in the Open U. S. at the age of 19.

However, at the Australian Open quarter-finals after Nishikori as a target. Maybe his nickname should be changed to 9 ATP project.