Archive for category: Marcos Baghdatis
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Simon into Bucharest QFs, Fognini beats Baghdatis
First seed Gilles Simon of France won his second round match at the Nastase Tiriac Tennis Trophy in Bucharest as he defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 6-4 6-2. The two times Bucharest champion Simon (2007, 2008) will next play Polish 7th seed Lukasz Kubot, who beat Romanian wild card holder [...] -
Malisse beats Mayer in Bucharest, Bachinger upsets Troicki
Belgian Xavier Malisse upset the German second seed and defending champion Florian Mayer at the Nastase Tiriac Tennis Trophy in Bucharest as he ousted him 7-5 4-6 6-4. With this win, the Belgian got into his first quarterfinals of the season and he will next play Hungarian qualifier Atilla Balazs. [...] -
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 [...] -
Baghdatis beats Lopez, Verdasco also wins
Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus defeated the no.15 seed Feliciano Lopez of Spain in two very convincing sets in Indian Wells, winning 6-3 6-4 in just 1 hour and 10 minutes. Baghdatis managed to convert 3 out of 4 breakpoints and his winners / unforced errors ratio was positive (15 – [...] -
Youzhny wins title in Zagreb
Mikhail Youzhny of Russia won the Zagreb Indoors title when beating Slovak’s Lukas Lacko 6-2 6-3 in the final. The Russian proved to be just a bit too strong for Lacko, who has had quite a good year so far. He qualified for the Australian Open and reached the third [...] -
Lacko meets Youzhny in Zagreb final
Lukas Lacko of Slovakia will play the first tour final of his career, when he meets Mikhail Youzhny in Zagreb on Sunday. Lacko upset Marcos Baghdatis in the semis, beating him in straight sets 7-5 7-6 (3). The first set was decided in the 11th game, when Lacko broke Baghdatis’ [...] -
Youzhny and Lacko into Zagreb semis
Lukas Lacko of Slovakia beat Robin Haase of Holland 6-4 6-4 to book a slot in the Zagreb Indoor semis. He will now play Marcos Baghdatis or Ivan Dodig for a place in the final. In the other quarterfinal, Mikhail Youzhny of Russia fought hard to defeat Ivo Karlovic of [...] -
Nieminen vs Benneteau in Sydney final
Julien Benneteau of France upset Marcos Baghdatis in the semifinal of the Sydney International, beating him in straight sets 6-4 6-4. Baghdatis was confident going into the match as he defeated Argentine Del Potro in the previous round. But the Cypriot’s serve let him down as he got broken four [...] -
Baghdatis defeats Del Potro, Istomin ousts Gasguet in Sydney
Marcos Baghdatis showed some of his best tennis to beat Juan Martin del Potro in the quarterfinal of the Sydney International, winning 7-6 (9-7) 6-4. Del Potro seemed to be in control of the first set, was a break up and after Baghdatis managed to force a tiebreak, the Argentinian [...] -
Murray overpoweres Baghdatis in Brisbane quarterfinals
British no.1 Andy Murray reached the Brisbane International semifinals as he dismissed Marcos Baghdatis from Cyprus in two easy sets 6-2 6-2. Murray got off to a quick start as he took a 4-0 lead in the first set, eventually closing it out 6-2. There were no breaks in the [...] -
Troicki, Davydenko cruise into QFs in Moscow
Second seed Viktor Troicki of Serbia cruised into the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow as he beat Spain’s Pere Riba 6-4, 6-4. Defending champion Troicki, who beat Marcos Baghdatis in last year’s final, will play American Alex Bogomolov Jr. next. Bogomolov ousted Mikhail Kukushkin of Russia 6-4, 3-6, [...] -
Raonic beats Baghdatis in Stockholm, Nalbandian also through
Canadian Milos Raonic battled his way into the Stockholm Open second round as he beat Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-4. It was a very tight match with just one break of serve that decided the outcome in the end. Raonic will play Philipp Petzschner for a [...] -
Del Potro-Baghdatis advance in Stockholm
Juan Martin del Potro and Marcos Baghdatis won their first round match at the Stockholm Open as they overcame the Americans Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram 4-6, 7-5, 10-6. They will now play the third seeed German Christopher Kas and Austrian Alexander Peya in round two. Also through is the [...]
