Is It Argentina's time?
Tom Perrotta, TENNIS.com...shape this year. Nikolay Davydenko says he lacks motivation. Marat Safin isn't going to play. Mikhail Youzhny, a superb Davis Cup player, isn't on the team, either. If David Nalbandian and Juan...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2008Gold medal up for grabs
Sarah Unke, TENNIS.com...pro tennis, the Olympics are a novelty, and an often inconvenient one at that. Russia's Mikhail Youzhny said it best in an interview with the ITF: "In all other sports they have four...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 08, 2008Nadal poised to pass Federer
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comCINCINNATI -- I'm out here in southern Ohio, where the Western & Southern Group Financial Masters begins Monday. No, that isn't a stockbroker thro...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 28, 2008Nadal's toughest test
Tom Perrotta, TENNIS.com...Barcelona last year before the Spaniard recovered to win.) They could meet in the third round. Mikhail Youzhny, a potential fourth-round opponent, has beaten Nadal four times and knows better than to wage...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 2008Champions' fatigue
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...month of a year that began with an omen: Nadal winning just one measly game against Mikhail Youzhny in the Chennai final. It's April and neither Federer nor Nadal has a title yet...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 07, 2008Stay away, Pete
Kamakshi Tandon, TENNIS.comThe comeback dream. Every time Pete Sampras plays it gets a little bigger. After all, he beat Roger Federer in an exhibition in November and some of h...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 22, 2008Tone set for 2008 season
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...case of Dementieva, reaching finals)? None of them lived to fight beyond the fourth round; only Mikhail Youzhny got that far. And how 'bout them Israelis! Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram score Israel's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 29, 2008Surprise, surprise?
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Grand Slam they may actually be validated -- as Grand Slam contenders. The winners on Sunday included Mikhail Youzhny, Michael Llodra, Andy Murray, Lindsay Davenport and Na Li. And you can comfortably add the names...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 07, 2008Kudos to the captain of America
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...but they had the mercurial, unpredictable ones (Roddick is No. 6, James Blake No. 13; Russians Mikhail Youzhny and Dmitry Tursunov are 19th and 34th, respectively). We chose to play on an indoor hard...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2007Kudos to the captain of America
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...but they had the mercurial, unpredictable ones (Roddick is No. 6, James Blake No. 13; Russians Mikhail Youzhny and Dmitry Tursunov are 19th and 34th, respectively). We chose to play on an indoor hard...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2007Five keys to the final
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com...3. The draw: If the Russians send out their two top players, Davydenko and Cup stalwart Mikhail Youzhny, the first day's draw may become significant. Neither Andy Roddick nor James Blake has ever...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 28, 2007Rafa's biggest challenge
James Martin, TENNIS.com...to him. His best showing was the quarterfinals last year, when he lost to an inspired Mikhail Youzhny. Nadal is one of those rare European and South American baseline grinders who speaks passionately about...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 22, 2007Isner, Querrey long on talent
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.comOn Monday evening the Masters event in Cincinnati kicked off by showcasing the latest two up-and-coming American men. First on was John Isner, a 22-ye...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 15, 2007Teaming up on Federer, Nadal
Kamakshi Tandon, TENNIS.com...and Nadal's way, each is a potential semifinalist. The Nearly Men: Nikolay Davydenko, Fernando Gonzalez, Mikhail Youzhny and Ivan Ljubicic could give Federer or Nadal a bad scare if they're on, but...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 23, 2007Mercurial Marat
James Martin, TENNIS.com...losing a close set. Does Safin care that he's underachieving? Maybe, maybe not. His compatriot, Mikhail Youzhny, summed up Safin when he talked to Tennis Magazine in 2004. "If I did like [Safin...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 09, 2007TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "mikhail youzhny" make the list?