Youzhny Works a Bit of Magic Past Muller in Nottingham

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Youzhny Works a Bit of Magic Past Muller in Nottingham

Mikhail Youzhny pulled the shot of the day at the Aegon Open in Nottingham, but it wasn’t enough to pull the Russian past hard-serving Gilles Muller.

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The 8th-seeded world No.41 eased past Youzhny, 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-3 behind 19 aces and nine of 11 break points saved. The victory evens up Muller’s lifetime head-to-head with Youzhny at two apiece and sends the Luxembourg native into the quarterfinals where he’ll next face Alexandr Dolgopolov.

“Against a guy like Mikhail, who was making a lot of returns and playing well from the baseline, it was very tough, so I’m happy that I’m through,” Muller said.

Dolgopolov eased past Canada’s Frank Dancevic, 6-3, 7-5.

Top-seeded Kevin Anderson powered past Fernando Verdasco, 6-3, 7-6(6) to set up a quarterfinal with American Steve Johnson, while Marcos Baghdatis saved two match points against American Sam Querrey to set a quarterfinal clash with second-seeded Pablo Cuevas.

Plagued by injuries after a breakout 2015 that saw him make his Top 10 debut, Anderson has now won back-to-back matches for the first time this season.

Andreas Seppi and Dudi Sela also reached the quarterfinals on Friday at Nottingham.

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