Post Tagged with: "Marcos Baghdatis"
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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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Baghdatis upsets Monaco, Berdych eliminates Falla in Tokyo
Unseeded Marcos Baghdatis overcame Monaco, while Tomas Berdych threw out Falla to reach 2012 Japan Open quarterfinals in Tokyo. The Tokyo audience was in for a three-set treat featuring fourth-seeded Juan Monaco and 2006 Australian Open finalist Baghdatis. The players made it safely to 5-all when the Cypriot was handed [...] -
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 [...] -
Andy Murray keeps British hopes for Olympic Gold alive at Wimbledon
Andy Murray of Team GB made light work of his second round match this afternoon under the roof on centre court at Wimbledon, when he easily dispatched Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen in two easy sets, 6-2 6-4, in exactly one hour and a minute. The Scot hit six aces, played some [...] -
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, [...]
