Youzhny topples Robredo

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 this evening.

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.