Kei Nishikori¡¯s title drought continues.
Even a lively home crowd wasn¡¯t enough to push the Japanese No. 1 to an elusive tournament victory on Sunday at the Rakuten Japan Open as Russian Daniil Medvedev played spoiler at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza, besting the home favorite 6-2, 6-4.
Nishikori hasn¡¯t won a tour-level title since the Memphis Open in February 2016, a stretch that now includes eight consecutive losses in the final stage of a tournament.
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