Post Tagged with: "Mikhail Youzhny"
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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 [...] -
ATP St. Petersburg Draw Preview and Analysis
See here for full draw. After the excitement of the US Open, the ATP Tour switches back to Europe and indoor hard courts, with St Petersburg in Russia being home to one of the tournaments this week. Mikhail Youzhny heads the draw in his home country here and will face [...] -
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 [...] -
Granollers, Youzhny, Querrey win openers in Toronto
Marcel Granollers of Spain is through to the second round of the Roger Cup held in Toronto after dismissing Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky. The Spaniard needed three sets and 2 hours and 8 minutes to win 4-6 6-4 6-3. Although winning 4 points only on the Spaniard’s serve in the first [...] -
Upsets at Gstaad Lead to Unexpected QF Matchups — Defending Champion Granollers is Out
No. 80-ranked Lukasz Kubot defeated defending Gstaad champion, no. 20-ranked Marcel Granollers in straight sets, 6-4 6-2. In the QF, Kubot will face Grigor Dimitrov, who safely defeated Dustin Brown in three sets, 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2. In 2012, the Gstaad tournament has featured many upsets, including Frenchman Paul Henri-Mathieu’s defeat [...] -
Berdych stunned by Gulbis in the first round of the All England Club
Ernest Gulbis produced some superb tennis in the first round of this year’s Wimbledon Championships, knocking out 2010 runner-up Tomas Berdych 7-6 (5) 7-6 (4) 7-6 (4). There were no break point opportunities in the first set and it was Gulbis who managed to secure the only mini break of [...] -
Federer defeats Youzhny, plays Haas in Halle final
Roger Federer moved into his 7th Gerry Weber Open final after overcoming Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny in today’s semifinal, winning 6-1 6-4. The Swiss played some high quality grass court tennis as he stormed to take the first set in just 21 minutes, breaking Youzhny twice. Youzhny was struggling with Federer’s [...] -
Federer beats Raonic in a three set battle to reach SFs in Halle
Roger Federer battled his way through into the Gerry Weber Open semis after beating Canadian Milos Raonic 6-7 (4) 6-4 7-6 (3) in just under 2 hours. Both players showed off their very effective serves in set 1 and with no break point opportunities on either side, the set went [...]
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