Archive for category: Mikhail Youzhny
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Del Potro beats Anderson in Basel, plays Gasquet in semis
Juan Martin Del Potro needed to come from a set down to make the semi finals in Basel, eventually defeating Kevin Anderson 3-6 7-6(3) 6-2 in a hard fought encounter. For much of the match, Anderson was serving massive with 20 aces in total. After an early break point was saved on [...] -
Del Potro beats Baker to reach Basel QFs, Youzhny also through
Juan Martin Del Potro moves on to the quarter finals in Basel after a fairly comfortable victory over Brian Baker, winning 7-5 6-1. Baker held his own for much of the first set, dropping just three points in his first five service games but was unable to do much on [...] -
Youzhny thrashes Tomic, Baker defeats Stepanek in Basel
Mikhail Youzhny needed just 56 minutes to see off Bernard Tomic, completely dominating the Australian in 6-0 6-2 victory. An early break set the tone for the match with Youzhny breaking on his third break point. Just eight points were lost by the Russian as he bagelled Tomic in a 23 [...] -
Almagro, Hewitt and Youzhny enter QFs in Stockholm, Mayer out
Nicolas Almagro, Lleyton Hewitt, and Mikhail Youzhny are through to the quarterfinals at 2012 Stockholm Open, whilst fourth and eights seeds Mayer and Nieminen bid farewell. As expected, 178th-ranked Marius Copil of Romania fell short to third seed Almagro. This year’s Sao Paulo and Nice conqueror Spaniard remained untroubled during [...] -
Youzhny beats Baker, Nieminen also through to 2nd round in Stockholm
Seeded players Mihkail Youzhny and Jarkko Nieminen moved into the second round of Stockholm Open ATP tournament in straight sets. Sixth-seeded Youzhny was the one dictating the terms in the first round clash against American Brian Baker. Two holds by each player in the opening four games were followed by [...] -
Tsonga beats Youzhny to reach China Open SFs, Mayer ousts Zhang
Florian Mayer sent Zhang Ze back down to earth, defeating the Chinese in straight sets 6-3 6-4. Full of confidence after his huge win over Richard Gasquet, Zhang was never in control. Mayer had already dispatched of one giant killer in Marius Copil in the last round but did not allow [...] -
Youzhny beats Anderson in Beijing, Lopez also through to QFs
Mikhail Youzhny advanced to the next round in Beijing after a comfortable victory over Kevin Anderson, defeating the South African 6-3 6-3 to earn a quarterfinal encounter against Jo Wilfried Tsonga who received a walkover when Nikolay Davydenko withdrew from their match. The early games saw the players feeling each other out, [...] -
Tsonga and Youzhny through to 2nd round of China Open 2012
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survived a scare from Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin, dropping the first set before progressing in a 4-6 6-1 7-6(3) victory. Istomin hadn’t been in great form coming into this match so it was a surprise to see him pick up an early break for a 2-1 lead. Backed by some dominant [...] -
Klizan wins thriller against Youzhny in St. Petersburg semis
Slovak Martin Klizan reached his first ATP Final after coming back from a set down to beat the top seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in a three set drama 6-7 (11) 6-4 7-6 (3) in today’s St. Petersburg Open semis. The game was full of twists and turns as first [...] -
Youzhny to face Klizan for a place in St. Petersburg final
Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia continued his march on the St Petersburg Open by disposing of the seventh seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 on Friday. It was tough going at times in the first though as he admitted his fitness was tested to the full. The effects [...] -
Youzhny overcomes Ram, Klizan defeats Bolelli in St. Petersburg
Top Seed Mikhail Youzny advanced to the Quarter Finals in fine style against Rajeev Ram of the United States on Thursday. Clearly hitting a winning rythmn the Russian demonstrated a powerful serve from the word go. Ram was almost blitzed into submission winning just three points at the receiving end, and [...] -
Top See Youzhny Advances Into Second Round in St.Petersburg
Russia’s Mikhail Youzny progressed past his Canadian opponent Michal Pospisil in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open on Tuesday. But the event’s top seed was made to work hard initially, taken to a tie break in the first set. However, the world no. 29 soon made his presence [...] -
Tipsarevic, Cilic, Granollers through to the third round in Toronto
World number 8 Janko Tipsarevic is through to the third round of the Rogers Cup after a 7-6 6-4 win over Russian Mikhail Youzhny. Both players played well in the first set, but it was the Serbian who broke first in the eleventh game to serve for the set at [...]
