Kei Nishikori, who recently underwent a small microscopic surgery to remove a minor bone spur, was at the EA booth at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championship yesterday.
Sporting a wavy new hairdo, Nishikori was there to promote EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis, developed specifically for the Wii.
Nishikori is one of the characters featured in the popular game (Asian edition).
(Images via game.watch.impress.co.jp)
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Oct 6, 2009
Jul 14, 2009
Venus Williams promotes EA Sports’ fall lineup
Venus Williams joined Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic), Milan Mucic (Boston Bruins) and Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA) at the annual EA Sports media event today at EA Canada in Burnaby.
The sports pros were brought up to highlight EA’s fall lineup which included NBA Live, NHL 10, FIFA 10, and Grand Slam Tennis.
“It was really cool being able to play with so many world-class athletes here,” Williams said.
“The hardest was probably basketball. I did better at hockey than I thought I would.”
After teaching everyone how to serve on the real court, Venus showed off some virtual moves on the new Grand Slam Tennis on the Wii.
“This is a lot tougher than it looks,” Williams said.(Via straight.com, theprovince.com; Images by EA Sports)
“It’s not much fun losing to yourself.”
May 2, 2009
Kei Nishikori visits EA Sports studio
Recently, Kei Nishikori, the cover athlete for EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis (Japanese edition) visited the EA Sports studio in Orlando.
He chose to play his own character and played against Pete Sampras and Rafael Nadal.
Kei has the potential to beat those big guys in real tennis matches. But he has to recover completely from the current arm injury first.
Thanks to Olivier of IMG for the photos.
(Images by Carlos Navarro/EA SPORTS)
"I am really excited to featured in EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis," Kei said.Kei tried his hand on the game.
"I enjoy representing Japan on the court and the fact that I am now included along with both current and past players in the game is really great."
"The Grand Slams are tournaments that every tennis professional wants to win and now through the game everyone will be able to put themselves on the court and experience the excitement and joy of playing as a pro."
He chose to play his own character and played against Pete Sampras and Rafael Nadal.
Kei has the potential to beat those big guys in real tennis matches. But he has to recover completely from the current arm injury first.
Thanks to Olivier of IMG for the photos.
(Images by Carlos Navarro/EA SPORTS)
Apr 21, 2009
Kei Nishikori, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also featured in EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis
Save up money from now on if you want to get hold of this game that features an impressive roster of current and legendary men's and women's players.
Developed specifically for the Wii, EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis delivers the deepest and richest tennis experience ever developed for the platform with real life tennis strokes letting anyone quickly pick up a racket and use every shot type and inch of the court.
It is the exclusive home of Wimbledon and includes all four Grand Slams: the Australian Open, Roland Garros, the U.S. Open and Wimbledon.
(Via EA Sports, menstennisforums.com)
Check out this video that features some of the star players.
Also confirmed will be joining the list are Kei Nishikori and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Developed specifically for the Wii, EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis delivers the deepest and richest tennis experience ever developed for the platform with real life tennis strokes letting anyone quickly pick up a racket and use every shot type and inch of the court.
It is the exclusive home of Wimbledon and includes all four Grand Slams: the Australian Open, Roland Garros, the U.S. Open and Wimbledon.
(Via EA Sports, menstennisforums.com)
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