St. Petersburg, Russia (Sports Network) - Top seed and former champion
Mikhail Youzhny was a hard-fought quarterfinal winner Friday at the St.
Petersburg Open.
The long-time Russian favorite Youzhny got past seventh-seeded Spaniard
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 in 2 hours, 6 minutes on the indoor
hardcourts at SCC Peterburgsky.
The former top-10 star Youzhny titled in St. Petersburg in 2004 and was the
runner-up in 2002 and 2010.
Meanwhile, fourth-seeded Italian Fabio Fognini topped Spaniard Roberto
Bautista-Agut 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) and Spain's Daniel Gimeno-Traver reached his
first ATP semifinal in more than two years by beating Italian Flavio Cipolla
6-2, 7-5. Fognini and Gimeno-Traver will clash in Saturday's semis.
The 2012 St. Petersburg champion will earn $70,365.
The Sports Network