Youzhny through to last eight as Robredo bows out

TWELFTH seed Mikhail Youzhny reached the quarter-finals of the US Open with a 7-5 6-2 4-6 6-4 win over Spain’s Tommy Robredo last night.

Youzhny, a semi-finalist at Flushing Meadows in 2006, was slow out of the blocks but Robredo failed to capitalise on two early break-point opportunities with the score at 1-2.

And those missed chances proved crucial as the Russian took his only opportunity to break in the 11th game to open up a 6-5 lead before serving out the set.