Post Tagged with: "Mikhail Youzhny"
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Nishikori shocks Federer in Madrid, Nadal through
Japan´s Kei Nishikori upset the no.2 seed Swiss Roger Federer in the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open, defeating him in three sets 6-4 1-6 6-2. After splitting the first two sets, Nishikori managed to break the defending champion´s serve to take a 3-1 lead in the decider that [...] -
Djokovic beats Youzhny to reach third round in Monte Carlo
Novak Djokovic turned around his second round match at Monte Carlo Rolex Masters 2013, whilst Jurgen Melzer entered third round after his triumph against Almagro. Top seed Djokovic probably expected an easier job in second round of Monte Carlo as he found himself one set down, yet he managed to [...] -
Federer beats Zemlja in first round of Rotterdam
Roger Federer eased into round two of the ATP Rotterdam Open 2013 after beating Grega Zemlja of Slovenia 6-3 6-1 in 58 minutes. The first four games went with serve, despite Zemlja having earned two break points in game four that he was unable to convert. After Roger took his [...] -
Cilic to play Melzer in Zagreb final
Marin Cilic advanced to the Zagreb ATP tournament final after defeating defending champion Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 4-6 6-4 6-3 in two hours and 29 minutes. After both players split sets to take this semi-final match into a decider, the two times Zagreb champion Cilic broke Youzhny at the beginning [...] -
Simon beats Baghdatis in Paris, Lopez and Youzhny out
Gilles Simon booked his place in the second round of the 2012 Paris Masters after beating Marcos Baghdatis 7-5 6-1 in one hour and 17 minutes. The first set saw both players exchanging one break each to take it to 3-3. But the home crowd favorite Simon struck again in [...] -
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 [...] -
Tsonga and Berdych cruise into Stockholm semifinals
Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga booked his place in the Stockholm Open 2012 semifinals with an impressive victory over Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine, winning 6-3 6-4. The Frenchman could have closed out the match even earlier, but he failed to convert any of the four match points he had when Stakhovsky [...] -
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 [...] -
Isner wins three set thriller against Anderson in Shanghai 2nd round
8th seeded American John Isner beat Kevin Anderson of South Africa in a three set thriller in the second round of Shanghai Rolex Masters 2012, prevailing 7-6 (3) 6-7 (8) 7-6 (7). Both players are famous for their big serves and they proved it in today’s encounter. With no breaks [...] -
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 [...]
