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Mikhail Youzhny Bashes Himself With His Racket, Opens a Gash on His Forehead

(Corrected) This is Russian tennis player Mikhail Youzhny, who got just a wee bit upset during his match against Spain's Nicolas Almagro: Youzhny whacked himself in the forehead with his racket, but I'm guessing he meant to do it with the strings. Instead he hit himself with the frame of the racket. After getting medical...

Time For Five-Set Women's Grand Slams

I just got done watching Novak Djokovic defeat Marcos Baghdatis in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. As you can tell by the picture above, the match went nearly five hours, lasted five sets, and it was an utter duel that tested endurance, strength, moxie, and heart. Only a day earlier, I saw Djokovic grind for four hours in a...

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05/16/12 Del Potro Ousts Youzhny in Rome Source: RIA Novosti - Russia World No. 9 Juan Martin del Potro has ended the Russian men's charge at the clay-court Rome Masters after knocking out the country's No. 1 Mikhail Youzhny on Wednesday.
05/13/12 Ferrero, Youzhny take early Rome wins Source: United Press International (UPI) Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero and Mikhail Youzhny of Russia were among the first-round winners Sunday on Day 1 of the Italian Open. Ferrero, a former world No. 1 and 2001 Italian Open winner, got past South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6-4, 7-5 on the clay courts of the Foro Italico in Rome. Youzhny, meanwhile, defeated Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in another opening day match.
05/10/12 Del Potro beats Youzhny to advance Source: Buenos Aires Herald - Argentina Former US Open champions Juan MartÃn del Potro beat Mikhail Youzhny 6-4 7-6 (7-1) to reach the last 16 round of the Madrid Open. Roger Federer battled back from a set down to defeat Milos Raonic, while Rafael Nadal easily advanced.
05/10/12 Russian Men's Challenge Over at Madrid Open Source: RIA Novosti - Russia Mikhail Youzhny and Nikolai Davydenko have crashed out of the Madrid Open, ending the Russian challenge in the men's draw of the $5.2 million clay-court event.
05/07/12 Venus crashes out in Madrid Source: Vietnam Investment Review Venus Williams lost in the second round of the Madrid Open to 12th-seeded German Angelique Kerber on Monday.