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Youzhny went on to finally reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon ( winning his first fourth round match in 7 attempts ), defeating No. 8 seed Janko Tipsarević along the way and eventually losing to Roger Federer 1 – 6, 2 – 6, 2 – 6.
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Youzhny and went
He won his first ATP match of the year defeating Florent Serra 4 – 6, 6 – 4, 6 – 1 in the first round and went on to win the tournament, when, leading 6 – 4, 2 – 0 against Mikhail Youzhny, Youzhny retired with a hamstring injury, becoming Söderling's biggest tournament win ( in terms of point size ) until he won the Paris Masters later the same year.
His next successful tournament was the Malaysia Open which he qualified for and went on to reach the semi-finals, taking out defending champion Nikolay Davydenko on the way before falling to Mikhail Youzhny in three sets.
Youzhny and on
Youzhny at times will follow through his backhand with both hands, but with only his right hand on his racket.
From both sides, Youzhny hits the ball on the rise, achieving a flatter trajectory.
In 1999, the year in which he turned professional, Youzhny captured four titles on the Futures tour.
Youzhny and finally
In the semifinal held in September against the Russian team, Ljubičić defeated Mikhail Youzhny in five sets, together with Ančić defeated Igor Andreev and Dmitry Tursunov in another five-set game, and finally defeated Nikolay Davydenko to secure victory for Croatia.
Youzhny and quarter-finals
Youzhny is one of the few active players to have reached the quarter-finals or better in all 4 Grand Slam tournaments.
Youzhny started the year in Doha, where he reached the quarter-finals before falling 4 – 6, 4 – 6 to the top seed, Rafael Nadal.
Youzhny and Wimbledon
After Wimbledon — where he lost in the fourth round to eventual champion Rafael Nadal — Youzhny lost three matches in a row, suffering first-round losses at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters ( Cincinnati, Ohio ), the 2008 Madrid Masters and the BNP Paribas Masters.
Youzhny and winning
By winning this match, Youzhny became the first ever player to recover successfully from a two sets to love deficit in the live fifth rubber of a Davis Cup Final.
Youzhny and first
He defeated Nikolay Davydenko, 6 – 4, 7 – 6, 7 – 6, in the first rubber, and Mikhail Youzhny, 7 – 6, 6 – 4, 6 – 3, in the fifth and final rubber, giving Argentina a victory of 3 – 2 to qualify for the semifinals.
The following year in 2002, Youzhny captured in Stuttgart his first ATP title, and led Russia to its first Davis Cup title, but he did not play for six weeks due to a back injury.
In the Australian Open Youzhny, for the first time in his career, beat Nikolay Davydenko.
Youzhny did not start well at the first tournaments in 2009, losing in the first round of the Australian Open to 183-ranked Stefan Koubek in straight sets 3 – 6 2 – 6 2 – 6.
On May 9, Youzhny defeated Marin Čilić 6 – 3, 4 – 6, 6 – 4 to win his first BMW Open in Munich, Germany.
During his first tournament since the US Open, Youzhny defeated Andrey Golubev 6 – 7 ( 2 ), 6 – 2, 7 – 6 ( 3 ) to win his second title of the year at the 2010 Malaysian Open.
The following week, Youzhny advanced past the quarterfinals in Marseille for the first time in his career at the 2011 Open 13.
Youzhny lost to Gilles Simon for the first time in the opening round of the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships.
As the first seed and defending champion, he successfully defended his title by defeating Robin Haase 6 – 3, 6 – 2, Philipp Kohlschreiber 6 – 3, 5 – 7, 7 – 6 ( 7 ), Mikhail Youzhny 6 – 4, 7 – 6 ( 5 ), Viktor Troicki 7 – 5, 6 – 4 and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final 6 – 3, 3 – 6, 6 – 3.
In March, Rochus lost in the fourth round in Miami to Roger Federer, after defeating Blaz Kavcic, Marcos Baghdatis, and Mikhail Youzhny in the first three rounds.
At the Australian Open, he lost to Mikhail Youzhny 7 – 6, 6 – 4, 6 – 7, 6 – 7, 4 – 6, in the first round, despite having match point several times in the third and fourth sets.
In the first round, he eliminated Steve Darcis 7 – 6, 7 – 6, 7 – 6, in the second round Mikhail Youzhny 7 – 5, 7 – 5, 7 – 5, and in the third round he upset seventh seed Gilles Simon 6 – 4, 6 – 4, 6 – 2.
However, at the 2010 US Open he was able to get pass the first round of a Slam for the first time in the year by reaching the Fourth Round with wins over Lukáš Rosol 6 – 4, 6 – 3, 6 – 1, Julien Benneteau 6 – 4, 6 – 6 RET, Michaël Llodra 3 – 6, 7 – 6, 6 – 4, 2 – 1 RET but fell to 12th seed Mikhail Youzhny 7 – 5, 6 – 2, 4 – 6, 6 – 4.
At the Shanghai Rolex Masters, he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round, after defeating Kevin Anderson and Mikhail Youzhny in the first two rounds.
Youzhny and fourth
After his run at the Olympics, he reached the fourth round of the 2004 US Open with victories over Jonas Björkman 6 – 3, 2 – 6, 6 – 2, 1 – 6, 6 – 3, Tuomas Ketola 6 – 3, 7 – 6, 6 – 3, and Mikhail Youzhny 2 – 6, 6 – 1, 6 – 3, 4 – 6, 6 – 1, before losing to Tommy Haas 6 – 7, 1 – 6, 5 – 7.
4 Andy Murray in the fourth round, and Mikhail Youzhny in the quarterfinals.
Youzhny and round
13 Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in the second round.
Along the way, he defeated Mardy Fish 7 – 5 7 – 6 ( 4 ), No. 15 seed Mikhail Youzhny 7 – 6 ( 4 ) 7 – 5, No. 4 seed Nikolay Davydenko 4 – 6 6 – 4 6 – 4, No. 7 seed James Blake 6 – 1 6 – 2, and Gilles Simon 6 – 7 ( 4 ) 6 – 3 7 – 6 ( 5 ); the win over Simon was especially notable because Simon had defeated world No. 1 Roger Federer in the second round.
He won his opening match in the ATP 250 tournament in Kuala Lumpur, against Lu Yen-hsun 4 – 6, 6 – 3, 7 – 6, but was beaten by Mikhail Youzhny 2 – 6, 3 – 6, in the next round.
Youzhny also reached the third round at the US Open, losing to eventual finalist Pete Sampras.
In the men's doubles, Youzhny partnered Leoš Friedl ; together they defeated the world's number one pairing, Bob and Mike Bryan in the round of 16, before losing to Martin Damm and Leander Paes in the quarterfinals.
At the start of the year Youzhny reached the 3rd round of the Australian Open, losing to eventual champion world number one Roger Federer.
At the Summer Olympics in Beijing, Youzhny lost in the third round to eventual bronze medal winner Novak Djokovic.
After the back-to-back tournaments, Youzhny retired in the second round at St. Petersburg.
At the 2012 French Open, Youzhny made the third round, losing to World No. 6 David Ferrer 0 – 6, 2 – 6, 2 – 6 ( and notably apologizing to the crowd by writing " SORRI " in the clay ).
At the Cincinnati Masters, he reached the third round, beating Mikhail Youzhny in the process before falling to Mardy Fish.
He then reached the round of 16 at the 2009 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, losing to Fernando Verdasco 5 – 7, 7 – 5, 4 – 6, and he won his only title of the year and the only time he reached a result better than the quarterfinals in the 2009 BMW Open, defeating Mikhail Youzhny 6 – 4, 4 – 6, 7 – 6.
He then qualified for the ATP tournament in Estoril and reached the third round of the Rome Masters in May and beat No. 31 Mikhail Youzhny, his highest-ranked win to that point.
Youzhny and match
James Blake won his match in the 2007 Davis Cup finals against Mikhail Youzhny 6 – 3, 7 – 6, 6 – 7, 7 – 6 ( and also against Dmitry Tursunov ).
Youzhny and 7
Dudi Sela (# 33 ) followed by beating Youzhny 3 – 6, 6 – 1, 6 – 0, 7 – 5.
Seeded sixth, Youzhny reached the quarterfinals with straight-set wins over Marcel Granollers and Thiemo de Bakker before falling to top seed Robin Söderling 4 – 6, 6 – 7.
In the semifinals, Marin Čilić saved one matchpoint to beat Youzhny 6 – 2, 1 – 6, 7 – 5.
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