News Source: Sify News
| about 1 month ago
Mikhail Youzhny earned his first career victory over Lleyton Hewitt Saturday, firing 10 aces for a 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 win that denied the 2001 champion Australian another place in the final of the Japan Open. Hewitt, a two-time Grand Slam winner and...
News Source: The Star
| about 1 month ago
Russia's Mikhail Youzhny reached the final of the Japan Open with a 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 over Lleyton Hewitt on Saturday. Unseeded Youzhny had 10 aces in the match that lasted 2 hours, 39 minutes and will face the winner of Saturday's other semifinal...
News Source: Reuters
| about 1 month ago
Mikhail Youzhny upset former world number one Lleyton Hewitt 6-2 5-7 7-5 to reach the final of the Japan Open on Saturday. The Russian will face either second seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or fourth seed Gael Monfils in Sunday's final after his first...
News Source: Sify News
| about 1 month ago
French seeds Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils both rallied past first-set deficits to set up their second career meeting in Asia with wins into the semi-finals of the Japan Open Friday. Second-seeded Monfils staged his second comeback in as many...
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 month ago
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rallied Friday for a victory that boosted him into the semifinals of the $1.2 million Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo. Tsonga, 24, dropped serve just once in a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Ernests Gulbis. Holding serve was vital in...