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  Rafael Nadal advances to third round of Montreal Masters

  Tennis | August 13, 2015 8:51 IST

  Madrid:  Spain's Rafael Nadal got his summer hard-court season off to an auspicious start, advancing to the third round of the Montreal Masters with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory over Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky.Nadal struggled in

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  Australian Open Scene: Nadal's shorts, Murray's language

  Tennis | January 19, 2015 12:53 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: After nearly six months away, Rafael Nadal is back. And he's hard to miss.Nadal outshone his first-round opponent Mikhail Youzhny, literally and sartorially, decked out in a pink florescent tennis shirt and a

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  Nadal advances to second round at Australian Open

  Tennis | January 19, 2015 11:50 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Rafael Nadal didn't show any side effects from a lack of match practice while beating former top-10 player Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday.Playing

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  Igor Sijsling beat Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-2 at ABN Amro

  Tennis | February 11, 2014 21:06 IST

  Rotterdam: Hometown favorite Igor Sijsling has upset Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the ABN Amro.   Sijsling, a wild card, served nine aces to nil against seventh-seeded Youzhny, the 2007 champion

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  Zagreb Indoors: 2012 champ Mikhail Youzhny loses

  Tennis | February 07, 2014 3:09 IST

  Croatia: German qualifier Bjorn Phau upset second-seeded Mikhail Youzhny to reach the quarterfinals of the Zagreb Indoors on Thursday.   Phau beat the Russian 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 and will compete in his first quarterfinal since Stuttgart

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  Viktor Troicki knocks Youzhny out of Shanghai Masters

  Tennis | October 10, 2012 7:22 IST

  Shanghai, Oct 10:  Viktor Troicki fought off a strong comeback from Russian No.1 Mikhail Youzhny to reach the second round of the Shanghai Masters tennis Tuesday.Troicki took the first set before Youzhny surged back into

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  Sharapova loses at Wimbledon, will drop from No. 1

  Tennis | July 03, 2012 10:48 IST

  Wimbledon, England Jun 3: All at once, there was a frenzy of activity at a wet and windy All England Club early Monday afternoon.Top-seeded and 2004 Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova, a big hitter in her

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  Federer beats Youzhny to reach 7th Halle final

  Tennis | June 16, 2012 18:31 IST

  Germany, Jun 16:  Five-time champion Roger Federer reached the Gerry Weber Open final for the seventh time by beating Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday.The second-seeded Federer broke the 31st-ranked Russian twice to

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  Youzhny writes 'SORRI' in clay at French Open

  Tennis | June 02, 2012 16:48 IST

  Paris, June 2: Mikhail Youzhny was having such a bad day in the third round of the French Open that he felt the need to apologize, right on court during the match.The 27th-seeded Russian scraped

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  Nadal Faces A Russian Hurdle To Enter Final

  Tennis | September 10, 2010 12:44 IST

  NEW YORK : Top-ranked Rafael Nadal got his serve in gear after being broken for the only time in five matches to beat No. 8 Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 Thursday night in the first