Mikhail Youzhny reaches round three in Germany

Mikhail Youzhny has advanced through to round three of the Halle Open courtesy of a 6-4 3-6 6-3 victory over Alexandr Dolgopolov this afternoon.

The Russian required just one break of Dolgopolov's serve to take the opening set in just under 30 minutes.

However, 23-year-old Dolgopolov made the most of some unforced errors by Youzhny in the second set to take the match into a decider courtesy of a 6-3 success.

Youzhny took control of the third set immediately when he claimed a break of serve at the first time of asking.

He then went on to hold his remaining service games to book his place in the next round.