A Japanese dream duo of Naomi Osaka and Kei Nishikori could come together for mixed doubles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
World number one Osaka, the reigning US and Australian Open champion, and Nishikori, the 2014 US Open runner-up ranked seventh in the world, could be a formidable combination in the fight for gold next year.
But Nishikori, who addressed the idea Friday as he prepared for the start of the US Open, worried that adding the event to singles and men's doubles might be too much in the Tokyo summer heat.
"I will play men's doubles, for sure. With that condition -- very hot, very humid -- playing singles and two doubles, I don't know if I can," Nishikori said.
"I haven't (had to) think too much yet honestly. I don't know. I will talk to Naomi later."
"I'm sure she will think a lot of things -- some things she doesn't have to think. But if she can try hard practicing and play every match hard, I think she's going to be OK."
"I just go out now every day trying to learn something new, trying to just do the best that I can."
"For me, when you say is it a dream, it's like something fluffy, like you're on the beach somewhere sipping a pina colada. I'm right here right now."
- Confident Nishikori -
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"There's too much attention. I feel like I'm a star there. But I think it's good thing that I live in States."
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