Post Tagged with: "Mikhail Youzhny"
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Murray and Ferrer put on a strong performance, move into last 16 in Paris
Andy Murray’s back seemed to have got a lot better as he put on a solid performance on his way to a 6-3 6-4 6-4 victory over Colombian Santiago Giraldo, moving into the last 16 of the French Open. Murray was in control of the match all the way through, [...] -
Djokovic trashes Tomic in Rome and moves into third round
World no.1 Novak Djokovic cruised into the third round of the Rome Tennis Masters as he beat Australian Bernard Tomic 6-3 6-3. Djokovic, who didn’t manage to defend his Madrid Open title last week and was one of the top guys to complain about the surface change (a lot faster [...] -
Del Potro survives scare, beats Llodra in Rome
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro overcame a first round scare at the International BNL d’Italia Masters in Rome as he needed three sets on his way to victory over Frenchman Michael Llodra, winning 7-5 3-6 6-4. 10th seed Del Potro, who has been playing some high quality clay court tennis [...] -
Raonic out of Rome Masters, loses to Mayer
German Florian Mayer surprisingly beat Canadian Milos Raonic 7-6 (5) 6-4 in the first round of the Rome Tennis Masters that started today. This is a shock defeat for the Canadian, who seemed to be on top form recently, narrowly losing to Federer at this week’s Madrid Masters. Raonic struggled [...] -
Federer beats Raonic in a thriller at the Madrid Masters
Roger Federer had to dig deep to overcome Canadian super talent Milos Raonic and book his place in the third round of the Madrid Masters. The no.3 seed Swiss defeated the Canadian in three thrilling sets, winning 4-6 7-5 7-6 (4) in 2 hours and 13 minutes. It was always [...] -
Cilic beats Isner in Madrid, sets up a clash against Ferrer
Croatian Marin Cilic overcame the big serving 8th seed American John Isner in two narrow sets 7-6 (4) 7-6 (3) and booked a place in the third round of the Madrid Tennis Masters. Neither of the players managed to break each other’s serve throughout the whole match. Cilic was the [...] -
Del Potro cruises into 2nd round in Madrid, beats Mayer
Last week’s Estoril Open champion Juan Martin del Potro booked his place in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open as he eliminated Florian Mayer of Germany 6-4 6-2. After the first set loss, Mayer started to look a bit erratic and too many unforced errors allowed the 10th [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Tsonga through to second round at the China Open
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga battled his way through to the second round at the China Open as he defeated Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 7-6 (7), 7-5. For the top seed Frenchman Tsonga, Beijing has got a special place in his heart as he won his first career match here in 2004. Tsonga [...]





