01.06.2011 18:34:58 | The first seed Mikhail Youzhny performed his traditional victorious ritual and saluted the audience with a rocket on his head in all world directions to express his thanks after he defeated the defending champion Jan Hajek in two sets 6:3, 6:3. “Today I delivered much better performance than in the last match while Hajek, contrariwise, was not stable as before and made too many mistakes at the end of the first as well as second set.”
And how does he view his semi-final opponent Yuri Schukin? “We have known each other for long; I have even lost to him on red clay once so I think we are going to see an interesting match tomorrow.” And how is Schukin satisfied with the organization and background of the Prostejov event: “I think it is OK here, everything is close and it’s quite convenient.”
