Archive for category: Mikhail Youzhny
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Federer/Wawrinka and the Bryan Bros advance into second round at the Olympics
Sixth-seeded Swiss couple needed three sets and almost two and half hours to defeat Nishikori and Soeda of Japan in the first round of men’s doubles Olympic clash. The Swiss won all of their serves in the match, but found themselves 0-1 back due to first set tie-break. They nonetheless [...] -
Gstaad: Bellucci Sets Up QF With Lopez, Gulbis Defeats Paire
After a three-set match that lasted over two hours, Bellucci defeated Youzhny to set up a quarterfinal with Feliciano Lopez, who triumphed over Jan Hajek. Bellucci started the match playing his explosive game, which features hard-hitting forehands balanced with the unforced errors that spring from such an aggressive mentality. Although [...] -
Berdych and Raonic into last 8 in Halle
No.3 seed Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic reached the last 8 at the Gerry Weber Open tournament in Halle after defeating world no.33 Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-3 6-2. In a match that lasted just an hour, the Czech dominated in all departments, holding his serve with a lot of [...] -
Djokovic, Federer and Murray reach Dubai SFs, Tsonga out
The top 3 seeds at the Dubai Championships made their way into the semifinals. Top seed and world no.1 Novak Djokovic beat his fellow countryman Janko Tipsarevic in the quarterfinals in Dubai, winning 6-1 7-6 (6). Tipsarevic wasn´t too far away from forcing a third set as he had a [...] -
Serbia, Austria and Croatia win 1st round of Davis Cup
Serbia, without their biggest hero Novak Djokovic, still managed to secure a comfortable 4-1 win over Sweden in the first round of Davis Cup played in Nis, Serbia. In the first singles match Janko Tipsarevic won his 30th Davis Cup match as he beat Filip Prpic in straight sets 6-3 [...] -
Youzhny wins title in Zagreb
Mikhail Youzhny of Russia won the Zagreb Indoors title when beating Slovak’s Lukas Lacko 6-2 6-3 in the final. The Russian proved to be just a bit too strong for Lacko, who has had quite a good year so far. He qualified for the Australian Open and reached the third [...] -
Lacko meets Youzhny in Zagreb final
Lukas Lacko of Slovakia will play the first tour final of his career, when he meets Mikhail Youzhny in Zagreb on Sunday. Lacko upset Marcos Baghdatis in the semis, beating him in straight sets 7-5 7-6 (3). The first set was decided in the 11th game, when Lacko broke Baghdatis’ [...] -
Youzhny and Lacko into Zagreb semis
Lukas Lacko of Slovakia beat Robin Haase of Holland 6-4 6-4 to book a slot in the Zagreb Indoor semis. He will now play Marcos Baghdatis or Ivan Dodig for a place in the final. In the other quarterfinal, Mikhail Youzhny of Russia fought hard to defeat Ivo Karlovic of [...]
