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Injured Youzhny, Andreev retire

Associated Press

Thursday, October 29, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Russian players Mikhail Youzhny and Igor Andreev retired because of injury Thursday in second-round matches at the St. Petersburg Open. The top-seeded Youzhny was trailing Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-2, 2-1 before quitting because of lower back pain, while Marat Safin of Russia led 6-3, 0-1 before Andreev stopped because of a left knee injury. Youzhny, the 2004 St. Petersburg champion who won the Kremlin Cup for his fifth career title on Sunday, said the pain preven ...

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