Nadal loses to unseeded Youzhny

Rafael Nadal’s hardships on hard courts continued as the Spaniard suffered a fourth-set collapse against unseeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny in the quarter-finals of the US Open.

Nadal saw his men’s singles title ambitions disappear as a finely balanced match at the Louis Armstrong Stadium turned into a rout. Youzhny advanced to his first career Grand Slam semi-final with a 6-3 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 victory.