Injury ends Youzhny's London hopes

Mikhail Youzhny had a first-round bye in France and pulled out of his opening match while trailing to Ernests Gulbis.

Mikhail Youzhny's hopes of reaching the lucrative season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London were crushed on Tuesday when the Russian suffered a back injury. The 28-year-old is 10th in the standings, but his bid to win one of the remaining three places for the eight-man event was halted in the second round of the Paris Masters.
Seeded ninth, Youzhny was trailing Ernests Gulbis 6-4 3-0 when he had to quit -- meaning the Latvian will next play either American eight seed Andy Roddick or Finland's Jarkko Nieminen.
Sixth seed Fernando Verdasco kept his own hopes alive as he came from behind to beat veteran Frenchman Arnaud Clement 3-6 6-3 6-0 for the left-hander's second win since reaching the U.S. Open quarterfinals in September.
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