Hope for Japan, Decades After a Disturbing Loss
Kei Nishikori is the first Japanese man to reach a Grand Slam singles semifinal since Jiro Satoh, who threw himself off a ship a year after playing in a semifinal at Wimbledon in 1933. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Tennis
Topics: semifinal, Wimbledon, playing, himself, threw, Satoh, since, singles, Grand, reach, Japanese, first, Nishikori, Disturbing, After, Decades, Japan