Youzhny takes positives

ByEurosport

Published 09/09/2006 at 23:26 GMT

Mikhail Youzhny was in upbeat mood, despite his US Open semi-final defeat to Andy Roddick on Saturday evening. Wins over Tommy Robredo and Rafael Nadal helped the Russian to achieve his best grand slam effort, something from which Youzhny says he will tak

2006, Mikhail Youzhny, US Open

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"It's the best tournament of my career," he said in a postmatch news conference. "A Grand Slam is something different, it's not like a normal tournament.

"If somebody two weeks ago told me I would be leaving two weeks later, on Sunday, I would have said, 'hey, is joke, is joke of the year.

"Of course I am happy it's my first semis. For me it is important that my game improves. Now, I saw the result of my work, of the work of my coach, of my team.

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