Kei Nishikori has practiced several times with Shintaro Mochizuki
World No. 7 Kei Nishikori has practiced several times with promising Japanese Shintaro Mochizuki.
Mochizuki, 16, wrote history this month at The All England Club.
The 16-year-old became the first Japanese with a boys' singles Grand Slam title when he won Wimbledon.
Mochizuki, who was seeded at No. 8 in the draw, beat unseeded Spaniard Carlos Gimeno Valero 6-3 6-2 to lift the Wimbledon boys' singles title.
"I've practiced with him six or seven times. He just turned 16, there is still a gap in our level, so we didn't play points at practice, but he's been improving especially in the past year, now we can play rallies (at a certain level)," Nishikori said, per Yoshi Sawa.
Meanwhile, Nishikori's focus turns to the US summer series.
Former world No. 4 Nishikori last played at Wimbledon.
The Japanese had a promising run at Wimbledon but still failed to win his maiden Grand Slam.
Nishikori won the first set of his quarterfinal clash against Roger Federer but failed to keep up the level as the Swiss claimed a four-set win.
Nishikori was expected to open his US Open summer series in Washington next week but pulled out of the event.
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