Mikhail Youzhny

Tipsarevic loses to Youzhny in St. Petersburg opener

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 09/24/2016 - 14:02

ST. PETERSBURG - Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic lost 6-3, 7-5 to Russia's Mikhail Youzhny in the opening round of the St. Petersburg Open tennis tournament on Wednesday.

Youzhny won after 112 minutes of play and is now 5-1 head-to-head against Tipsarevic.

The prize money in St. Petersburg is 923,550 dollars.

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Troicki reaches Miami third round

Published by Tanjug on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 12:46

BELGRADE - Serbia's Viktor Troicki is through to the third round of the ATP tournament in Miami courtesy of a victory over Italian Simone Bolelli 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.

Serbia's second best player is next to take on fourth seed Kei Nishikori of Japan, who outplayed Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-1.

Photo Tanjug, M. Jelesijevic (archive photo)

Djokovic breezes into Dubai quarterfinals

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 02/26/2014 - 20:11

DUBAI - Serbia's best tennis player Novak Djokovic advanced to the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Dubai late on Wednesday.

Djokovic notched up an easy 6-1, 6-3 win against world no. 51 Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.

Next up for Djokovic is a match against Russia's Mikhail Youzhny, who defeated British number three James Ward earlier today by 6-1, 7-6 (7-3).