Nishikori vs Querrey: who will move to the next round?

Nishikori can't boast a successful season, rather the opposite. Kei couldn't find his game on any of the surfaces, and he also hoped for a good performance at the home Olympic Games.

In Tokyo, the Japanese tennis player played with extra motivation, which helped him to pass Andrei Rublev (6-3, 6-4), knock Marcos Giron out of the competition (7-6, 3-6, 6-1), and defeat Ilya Ivashka (7-6, 6-0). But at that point his luck was out: in the quarterfinals, Nishikori faced Novak Djokovic, and Nishikori won only two games from him.

Sure, being left without the Olympic medals isn't ideal, but Nishikori has to keep going if he wants to save the tour. The world №69has a good opportunity to do that at the Washington Open. 

Querrey is over his peak, and it is not often that we see him in excellent form. But at some tournaments, the 33-year-old American demonstrates class. We will remember the final in Mallorca for a long time, where Sam put up a good fight against the World №2 Daniil Medvedev, even though he couldn't defeat the Russian (4-6, 2-6).

After the start of the series of American tournaments, Querrey hasn't shown anything special yet: in Atlanta, Sam lost to Peter Gojowczyk in a tie-break after leading the score. Now Querrey will try to give his best in Washington. He got a difficult opponent already in the first round, so there is no time for a warm-up.