The Almighty Mikhail Youzhny Topic #1: Davai!

Eindelijk is het daar dan, Youzhny's eigen topic! De held verdient het natuurlijk al lange tijd, maar nu ook zijn cultwaarde maar blijft toenemen is FOK! een beetje leeg zonder een Mikhail topic!

Biografie en resultaten
Mikhail Youzhny was born June 25, 1982 in Moscow, USSR (now Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia. Youzhny is noted for his consistency and all-court play style. His career high was #8, achieved on January 28, 2008. He is endorsed by adidas and Head.

In 1999, the year in which he turned professional, Youzhny captured four titles on the Futures tour. In 2000, he reached his first ATP tour quarterfinal in Moscow.

In 2001, he reached the third round of the Australian Open, made his first ATP tour semifinal at Copenhagen, and reached the fourth round of Wimbledon, losing to eventual finalist Patrick Rafter. Youzhny also reached the third round at the US Open, losing to eventual finalist Pete Sampras.

The following year in 2002, Youzhny captured 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. By winning this match, Youzhny became the first ever player to come back and win from a 0–2 set deficit in the live fifth rubber of the Davis Cup Final.

During 2004 he won a career-high 42 matches, finishing 2004 in the top 20.

One of his best tournaments came at the 2006 U.S. Open where he defeated Tommy Robredo 6–2, 6–0, 6–1 and defeated No. 2 Rafael Nadal 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(5), 6–1 in the quarterfinal, losing in the semifinals to Andy Roddick 6–7(5) 6–0 7–6(3) 6–3. In doubles, Youzhny partnered Leos Friedl and defeated the #1 team in the world Bob and Mike Bryan in the Round of 16, losing to Martin Damm and Leander Paes in the quarterfinal.

At the start of the year 2007 he lost in the Australian Open to eventual champion Roger Federer, made the semifinals of Zagreb, and won his third career ATP title in Rotterdam. Later in March Mikhail reached the final of Dubai Championship after defeating second-seeded Rafael Nadal in quarterfinal, only to fall to top-seeded Roger Federer 6–4, 6–3. After a slump in the next few weeks, he made a strong return to form at Munich, where he reached the final, losing to first-time finalist Philipp Kohlschreiber 2–6 6–3 6-4/ Youhzny once again faced Federer, this time in the 2007 French Open Fourth Round, only to succumb 6–7, 4–6, 4–6. The run to the fourth round finally pushed him past #15 which he had achieved in 2005, to #14 in the world. Despite not playing the week before Wimbledon, he benefited from an early loss from Gasquet's title defense at Nottingham, rising to #13 in the world. In the 2007 Wimbledon Championships Youzhny lost to Rafael Nadal after winning the first and second set. In Gstaad, a clay event, as the #2 seed and 14th-ranked, he lost in round 1 to Stefan Koubek 6–4, 6–3. He made the 3rd round of the Canadian Masters event, losing to Nikolay Davydenko - afterwards, he made his top 10 debut at #10.

Youzhny's first tournament of 2008 was Chennai in India, winning it by demolishing World No. 2 Rafael Nadal, the top seed, 6–0, 6–1 in less than an hour of play. In the Australian Open, Youzhny posted his first career win over Nikolay Davydenko before falling in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.















Youzhny Links:
ATP Profiel
Youzhny slaat racket op zijn kop @ Youtube
Play of the Week vs Coria
Overwinning op Nadal met 1 game tegen
Briljant punt tegen Almagro
Meer Youzhny op Youtube
Youzhny filmpje van kleinzusje



[ Bericht 0% gewijzigd door Tim86 op 01-04-2008 19:02:50 ]

kom hem overal tegen als Youz + Fed voor de dubai finale maar vind het sowieso een wazige foto..zoek ff vervanging

whutttttttttttttt

Zelfs Gabashvili, Mattek en Dick Norman hebben een eigen topic

volgende keer wint hij weer

niet zo dik als Youz de keer daarvoor tegen Nadal

Olympic spotlight on...Mikhail Youzhny

http://www.itftennis.com/(...).asp?articleid=19029
Interview in MP3: http://www.itftennis.com/(...)mp3/IO_34826_mp3.MP3

Q: This will be your second Olympic Games. How amazing an experience was Athens for you?

MY: The Olympic Games is great for all athletes, even just seeing and experiencing the atmosphere.


Q: How did you feel when you came out with the team for the opening ceremony?

MY: First of all when you are waiting with all the athletes, you can see how many countries are taking part. When you walk into the arena it is a great moment as you understand that you are already at the Olympics even though you haven’t started to play and you don’t know how you will play. But you can see lots of great names.

Q: Do you remember which other athletes were either side of you?

MY: I don’t remember exactly as there were so many big names. You have a chance to speak to other athletes about their sports and the atmosphere.

Q: Did you stay in the village?

MY: Yes, I really enjoyed staying in the village with all our team because it's something different in the Olympics, and you feel this special atmosphere. We travel all the year and we see the same faces all the time, the same hotels. This is something new, something special. We can stay all together.

Q: Did you make new friends in Athens?

MY: I can't say I made new friends, but when you meet up again with fellow athletes, you can share memories from the Olympics.

Q: What challenges will there be for players in Beijing?

MY: It's not the same as Athens. It is much tougher for tennis players. I think in all other sports they have four years to be ready for the Olympic Games. Tennis players don't have even have four days to be ready. The calendar is very tough, particularly with the time difference and everything. So it will be a tough Olympics for all players.

Q: Are you planning to watch any other sports in Beijing?

MY: Yes, I'm ready to watch all sports. Even athletics, which I wouldn’t watch if it wasn’t the Olympics. At the Olympics, if you see a Russian name, you take notice and you really want them to win a medal.

Q: Are there any particular sports you want to see?

MY: Actually in Athens, I didn't have any chance to go watch anything. It doesn’t matter which sports I go to see in Beijing, because the atmosphere would be really nice. If I have time I’ll go to any one. We don’t have too much time to enjoy the Olympics Games because of the other tournaments before and after.

Q: What other sport would you like to be able to play at the Olympics, if you couldn’t play tennis?

MY: This is a tough question, because I don’t exactly know the answer. The Olympics is the Olympics. I don't want to choose one sport ahead of the other because if you have a medal, it doesn't matter in which sport, you are Olympic champion.

Davai vannacht tegen Koubek! Tijd voor de ommekeer!