Youzhny remains on course

Russian hopes rest on third seed's shoulders

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Youzhny remains on course

Youzhny: Home hope

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Number three seed Mikhail Youzhny kept alive Russian hopes of a home champion at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow with a victory over Sergiy Stakhovsky in the quarter-finals.

The world number 30 proved too strong for the Ukrainian qualifier and prevailed in straight sets 6-3 6-3.

Serbian Janko Tipsarevic, seeded sixth in the Russian capital, joined Youzhny in the last four with a routine 6-3 6-3 triumph over American Robby Ginepri.

He will now take on Ukrainian qualifier Ilya Marchenko, who fought back to beat Evgeny Korolev 0-6 6-2 6-3.

Youzhny will take on Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin for a place in the final after he overcame Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay 4-6 6-1 6-4.

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