{"id":23339,"date":"2012-01-25T12:22:54","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T16:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=23339"},"modified":"2012-01-25T14:06:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T18:06:00","slug":"wit-life-190-air-keis-historic-run-to-australian-quarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/25\/wit-life-190-air-keis-historic-run-to-australian-quarters\/","title":{"rendered":"WIT Life #190: Air Kei’s Historic Run to Australian Quarters!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WIT Life<\/a> <\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em>is <\/strong><\/em>a periodic series written<\/strong><\/em> by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator <\/strong><\/em>Stacy Smith<\/strong><\/a> <\/em>(Kumamo<\/a><\/strong><\/em>to-ken<\/a> CIR, 2000-03). She starts<\/strong><\/em> her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she sha<\/strong><\/em>r<\/strong><\/em>es s<\/strong><\/em>ome of the interesting tidb<\/strong><\/em>its and t<\/strong><\/em>rends together with her own observations.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Kudos t\"\"o 22-year old tennis pro Kei Nishikori for being the first Japanese man in 80 years to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open!\u00a0 Unfortunately, once there he was vanquished in straight sets by Scot Andy Murray, but his impressive showing in his previous five-set win over France’s Jo-Wilfred Tsonga bumps his world ranking up to 20 from 26.<\/p>\n

Nishikori, who currently lives and trains in Florida, is known as “Air Kei” for his leaping groundstrokes.\u00a0 I can attest to the fact that watching his play is thrilling.\u00a0 A few years ago I caught a match of his at the US Open that turned into a nail-biting five-setter, and was hooked.<\/p>\n

Here’s hoping he can build on this impressive showing in Australia and have further success in 2012!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

******************************************************************** WIT Life is a periodic series written by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03). She starts her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends together with her own observations. Kudos to 22-year old tennis pro Kei Nishikori for being the first Japanese […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,36,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-translatinginterpreting","category-wit-life","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t