Archive for category: St.Petersburg
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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 [...] -
Fognini Overcomes Gimeno-Traver in St. Petersburg Open Semis
In the first of the two semi final matches in the St Petersburg Open being played on Saturday, Fabio Fognini took on Daniel Gimeno-Traver, hoping for a place in the final to be played on Sunday. Now with a ranking of 53 – highest having been 32 in June of [...] -
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 [...] -
Fognini and Gimeno-Traver through to the semis in St. Petersburg
Both quarter final matches in the bottom half of the draw at the St Petersburg Open were between an Italian and a Spanish player and with all four of them being clay court specialists, there was a fine mix of long baseline rallies mixed with excellent drop shots and some [...] -
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 [...] -
Gimeno-Traver beats Kubot, Fognini eliminates Stakhovsky in St. Petersburg
27 year old Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain, ranked 92 on the ATP’s rankings list, took on 30 year old Lukasz Kubot of Poland, ranked at 76, in the second round of the St Petersburg Open on Thursday and came out on top, with a hard fought, one and three quarter [...] -
Kubot beats Istomin, Fognini eliminates Kamke in St. Petersburg
After the second, fifth and sixth seeds in the St Petersburg Open all fell in the first round, the organisers must have breathed a sigh of relief when the tournament’s fourth seed, Italian Fabio Fognini, progressed as the last remaining seed in the bottom half of the draw to get [...] -
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 [...] -
Lacko and Yen-Hsun Lu out of St.Petersburg Open
Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei, ranked 64 on the ATP’s list of players and the 6th seed in this year’s St Petersburg Open, was beaten in straight sets in the first round of play by unseeded Roberto Bautista-Agut of Spain, ranked 87. The score was 6-4 6-2 and the match [...]
