kei

while the chinese women are doing well in singles and doubles and ai sugiyama is still very much around, asia has only 3 male players inside atp's top 100 - dudi sela of israel, yen-hsun lu of taiwan and kei nishikori of japan. thailand's paradorn srichaphan was ranked as high as no. 9 back in may 2003 but fell off the radar at the end of 2006. well he's married to a ms. universe, so that's understandable!

anyhow, it's still exciting to see the above mentioned players doing well. dudi was the runner-up to roddick in china, while kei (who looks like sam concepcion) is doing well in the japan open being played this week. i hope that asian players keep on improving and winning important tournaments to go up the rankings.

separated at birth?

kei nishikori & sam concepcion