Archive for category: Marcos Baghdatis
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Isner and Dolgopolov reach last 16 in New York
Favorites Alexandr Dolgopolov, John Isner, and Stanislas Wawrinka have dropped an occasional set, but survived second round of 2012 US Open. Former World No. 8 Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis was matched-up against fourteenth seed Ukrainian Dolgopolov on Court 17. The encounter was marked by high level of inconsistency as we could [...] -
Nishikori, Raonic Rally from Behind to Advance into 3rd Round in Cincy
14th seed Kei Nishikori was forced to battle back from a set down against American wildcard James Blake in the second round of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati, Ohio. Struggling on his serve in the opening set, the 32-year old Blake was able to break twice to take [...] -
Tipsarevic, Cilic, Granollers through to the third round in Toronto
World number 8 Janko Tipsarevic is through to the third round of the Rogers Cup after a 7-6 6-4 win over Russian Mikhail Youzhny. Both players played well in the first set, but it was the Serbian who broke first in the eleventh game to serve for the set at [...] -
Chardy, Tomic, Baghdatis through to the second round in Toronto
Bernard Tomic of Australia was able to overcome qualifier Michael Berrer in the first round of Toronto Masters. The 19 years old needed three sets and just over two hours to get through to the next round, winning 6-3 3-6 6-3. Tomic saved 5 out of 6 break points on [...] -
Murray through to first Olympics Quater-final
You can view the match as it happened here: Murray – Baghdatis Match Commentary A sluggish start couldn’t prevent Andy Murray from battling past Cyprus’ Marcos Baghdatis to make his first ever Olympics quarter-final. The Brit came through 4-6 6-1 6-4 in an hour and 58 minutes. The man who [...] -
Murray – Baghdatis 2012 Olympics Live Commentary
Murray v Baghdatis 4-6 6-1 6-4: A net cord a piece before Murray passes down the line. An overhead smash from the Cypriot makes it 15-15. What a point! Tiring rally for both players but Baghdatis holds his nerve to smash the ball down the line. Not so clever next [...] -
Hewitt upsets Cilic, Baghdatis also through to play Murray at Olympics
Australian Lleyton Hewitt has progressed to the 3rd round of the Men’s singles at the London Olympic games. He beat Croatian Marin Cilic in straight sets, in one of the surprises of this round. Being a former Wimbledon champion (as well as US Open champion) he was back on familiar [...] -
Federer demolishes Benneteau, moves into third round at the Olympics
Roger Federer made sure not to repeat his marathon match against Julien Benneteau from Wimbledon this year, when he had to fight back from two sets down to win the match. In the second round of the 2012 London Olympics, the Swiss destroyed his French opponent in merely and hour, [...] -
Matosevic beats no.1 seed Gasquet in Eastbourne
Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic eliminated no.1 seed Richard Gasquet in the second round of the Aegon International in Eastbourne, beating him 1-6 7-6 (5) 7-6 (3). Aftrer the Frenchman stormed to take the first set in just 26 minutes, Matosevic fought his way back and with no breaks of serve, [...] -
Baghdatis and Harrison through to second round at Eastbourne
Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis cruised through to the second round at Eastbourne after demolishing Spaniard Pablo Andujar 6-1 6-1. In a match that lasted only 49 minutes, Baghdatis managed to convert five out of eight break points and and will play the winner of the match between Belgian Steve Darcis and [...] -
Murray defeats Ito in opening match in Paris
Britain’s Andy Murray overcame Tatsuma Ito of Japan in the first round of the 2012 Roland Garros, beating him in straight sets 6-1 7-5 6-0 after 1 hour and 35 minutes. Murray got off to a superb start, taking the first set in just 25 minutes. After he broke Ito [...] -
Monfils beats Bogomolov in Rome, Baghdatis out
No.13 seed Gael Monfils won his first round match at the Rome Tennis Masters after he defeated Russia’s Alex Bogomolov Jr. in straight sets 6-4 6-1. In quite windy conditions, Bogomolov never really managed to put enough pressure on Monfils and force him to come up with some high quality [...] -
Garcia-Lopez defeats Baghdatis, Andreev eliminates Ferrero in Madrid
Wild card holder Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain won his first round match at the Mutua Madrid Open against Marcos Baghdatis with a scoreline of 6-4 3-6 6-4. The Cypriot Baghdatis played at this tournament for the fourth time in his career, but has never been able to reach more than [...]
