Archive for category: Marcos Baghdatis
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Murray beats Nishikori, will play Dimitrov in Brisbane 2013 final
Defending champion Andy Murray booked his place in the Brisbane International 2013 final after his opponent Kei Nishikori of Japan retired when trailing 6-4 2-0. Nishikori started the match a lot better, taking a 4-1 lead. It was when Murray picked himself up and bagged the next seven games. The [...] -
Baghdatis beats Simon, plays Dimitrov in Brisbane semis
Marcos Baghdatis seemed to have started the 2013 season on a high note as he booked a Brisbane International 2013 semi-final place after defeating Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-3 6-4. The Cypriot broke the no.3 seeded Simon´s serve three times alltogether and improved his head to head record against the Frenchman [...] -
Simon and Nishikori reach quarter-finals in Brisbane
Third seeded Gilles Simon of France started the season on a positive note as he eliminated Colombian Alejandro Falla in the second round of the 2013 Brisbane International tournament, prevailing 7-6 (5) 7-6 (5). After a hard fought first set, the Frenchman went up a break at the start of [...] -
Simon beats Baghdatis in Paris, Lopez and Youzhny out
Gilles Simon booked his place in the second round of the 2012 Paris Masters after beating Marcos Baghdatis 7-5 6-1 in one hour and 17 minutes. The first set saw both players exchanging one break each to take it to 3-3. But the home crowd favorite Simon struck again in [...] -
Tsonga to play Berdych for Stockholm Open 2012 title
The two top seed of the Stockholm Open 2012, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Czech Tomas Berdych will face off in tomorrow’s final. Tsonga booked his place in the final after his opponent Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus was forced to retire due to a groin injury at 6-4 4-6 5-2 in [...] -
Almagro beats Hewitt to reach Stockholm SFs, Baghdatis also wins
Marcos Baghdatis and Nicolas Almagro reached the last four of the Stockholm Open after both posted straight sets wins on Friday. On paper, Baghdatis had the easier route, as he took on 95th-ranked Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania. But the contest proved much tighter in reality, and the Cypriot sealed the [...] -
Tsonga and Berdych advance into Stockholm quarterfinals
Top seeds Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomas Berdych were untroubled in the second round of the Stockholm Open 2012. Baghdatis and Stakhovsky also proceed. 87th-ranked Estonian Jurgen Zopp may have held his first serve to love, yet he was never a contender in the opening set. Czech Berdych confirmed his second [...] -
Lopez and Baghdatis reach second round at Stockholm Open
Seeded players Feliciano Lopez and Marcos Baghdatis advanced into the second round of Stockholm Open 2012, so did Ricardas Berankis. Fiftth-seeded Spaniard Lopez had a long day at the office meeting Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu in first round. The first set serving was close to perfect from both sides and nothing [...] -
Tsonga beats Baghdatis and advances into Shanghai Masters 2012 QFs
5th seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets 6-2 7-6 (2) and reached the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters 2012. In a match that saw several breaks of serve, Baghdatis was the first to take his opponent’s serve in the opening game, just to hand back the advantage [...] -
Baghdatis overcomes Raonic, plays Tsonga in 3rd round of Shanghai
Marcos Baghdatis won a three set marathon against 12th seeded Milos Raonic in the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters 2012, winning after three tiebreaks 7-6 (4) 6-7 (5) 7-6 (3). Baghdatis, Australian Open 2006 finalist, held his nerve in the first set as he battled it out in [...] -
Raonic and Simon advance into second round of Shanghai Masters
Canadian Milos Raonic defeated Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic in the first round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters 2012, prevailing in straight sets 7-6 (4) 6-3. Raonic, who reached the Japan Open final last week and and has won two ATP titles this year so far, went up a break in [...] -
Nishikori defeats Baghdatis to enter Japan Open 2012 final
Kei Nishikori moved into Japanese Open 2012 final after sweeping away a surprise semifinalist Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets. It is the end of the Tokyo road for Baghdatis who upset Juan Monaco in second round, while eighth-seeded Japanese is ready to take his second ATP title after conquering [...] -
Nishikori upsets Berdych, plays Baghdatis in Tokyo semis
Marcos Baghdatis and Kei Nishikori set up a semifinal match at Japanese Open after seeing off Tursunov and Berdych in two sets. Cypriot Baghdatis entered the quarterfinal match against another unseeded player Dmitry Tursunov of Russia on the back of defeating fourth-seeded Monaco previously. As it turned out, his great [...]
