Baghdatis and Karlovic through to second round in Miami

The 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis won his first round match at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami as he defeated Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 6-1  6-4.

The Cypriot broke his opponent four times throughout the match and was rock solid on his own serve.

Baghdatis will face a tough challenge in round two, he will play world no.1 Djokovic.

Also through to the second round is the big serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic, who overcame Poland’s Lukasz Kubot in a three hour battle, winning 6-3  6-7 (2)  7-6 (2).

Next up for Karlovic will be the 11th seed Argentine Del Potro.

 

In the other matches, 19 year old American Ryan Harrison turned his match around against Potito Starace, winning 6-7 (6)  6-4  6-4, Australian Bernard Tomic overcame Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine in straight sets 7-6 (4)  6-3 and the Ukrainian qualifier Sergei Bubka beat Ernest Gulbis of Latvia 6-4  6-4.

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