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Marcos Baghdatis

Marcos Baghdatis (, ; ; born 17 June 1985 in Limassol) is a Cypriot professional tennis player. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships and reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No.

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Nadal, injured Murray reach third round at the French

Six-time champion Rafael Nadal and three- time Grand Slam runner-up Andy Murray, bothered by a back injury on Thursday, were a pair of second-round winners at the French Open.

The second-seeded former world No. 1 Nadal dropped only four games in a 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 pasting of Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin on Court Lenglen. Nadal dropped only five games in his opening-round win on Tuesday.Nadal is now 47-1 lifetime on the red clay at Roland Garros, including his Open-Era-record-tying six titles. He's currently the reigning two-time champ, including a victory over Roger Federer in last year's finale.The 10-time major champion Nadal lost to Novak Djokovic in the last three Grand Slam finals.Nadal's third-round opponent will be Argentine Eduardo Schwank.The fourth-seeded Murray, meanwhile, received treatments for a bad back and almost retired before recording a 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 come-from-behind victory over Finnish veteran Jarkko Nieminen on Court Chatrier.Murray, who lost to the great Nadal in ...

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  1. Former finalist Marcos Baghdatis retires in 3rd-round match

    Former finalist Marcos Baghdatis has retired from his third-round match at the Australian Open because of a reported groin injury.Baghdatis was trailing Saturday's m...

  2. Ivan Ljubicic downs Marcos Baghdatis in 3 sets to set up ABN Amro semifinal with Tsonga

    Ivan Ljubicic has reached the semifinals of the ABN World Tennis Tournament after beating Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4).The seventh-seeded Ljubicic will nex...

  3. Almagro wins Rome opener

    Spanish clay-court specialist Nicolas Almagro notched a first-round win Monday at the Italian Open -- the fifth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the year.A 12th-...

  4. Isner, Almagro win Rome openers

    Ninth-seeded American John Isner and Spanish clay-court specialist Nicolas Almagro notched first-round wins Monday at the Italian Open -- the fifth ATP World Tour Ma...

  5. Leonardo Mayer beats Marcos Baghdatis to reach 2nd career semifinal at Open de Nice

    NICE, France (AP) — Leonardo Mayer of Argentina beat fifth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in the Open de Nice quarterfinals on Thursday.Mayer hadn't...

  6. Defending champ Novak Djokovic edges Marcos Baghdatis ; plays Mikhail Youzhny in Dubai final

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Defending champion Novak Djokovic edged unseeded Marcos Baghdatis 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4 Friday to reach the final of the Dubai Champio...

  7. Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, 4th-seeded Marcos Baghdatis lose at BMW Open

    Defending champion and top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia was one of three seeded players to tumble out of the BMW Open in the second round Wednesday.Philipp Petzs...

  8. Tommy Haas upsets top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at BMW Open in Munich

    Veteran Tommy Haas defeated top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 6-4 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the BMW Open.Tsonga was making his debut in the clay-court...

  9. Simon into Bucharest QFs

    Two-time Bucharest champion Gilles Simon was an easy second-round winner Thursday at the $522,500 BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy tennis event.The top-seeded world No. 12 ...

  10. Lopez, Tomic reach BMW QFs

    Second seed Feliciano Lopez and promising Aussie Bernard Tomic were among Thursday's second-round winners at the $525,000 BMW Open, a clay-court French Open tuneup.T...

  11. Almagro wins; Ferrero drops Madrid opener

    Spanish clay-court specialist Nicolas Almagro was a hard-fought first-round winner, while former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero came up a loser Monday at the $4 mil...

  12. At the Net: Baker's still ballin'

    Not only is once-promising American Brian Baker still alive on the men's tennis tour, he received a wild card into the upcoming French Open last weekend.The now 27-y...

  1. Nadal, Murray advance; Isner ousted in marathon at French Open

    Six-time champion Rafael Nadal and three- time Grand Slam runner-up Andy Murray were a pair of winners, while 6-foot-9 American John Isner lost in an epic second-rou...

  2. Tommy Haas upsets Marcos Baghdatis to reach BMW Open semifinal, 1st since 2009

    German veteran Tommy Haas upset eighth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis 6-1, 7-6 (3) to reach the semifinal of the BMW Open on Friday, his first since August 2009.Haas got a ...

  3. Djokovic, Federer march on in France

    World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and former champion Roger Federer were a pair of second-round winners Wednesday at the French Open.The reigning Australian Open, U.S. Open...

  4. Nadal, Murray win French openers

    Two-time reigning champion and six-time overall titlist Rafael Nadal and three-time Grand Slam runner-up Andy Murray were a pair of easy first-round winners Tuesday ...

  5. Tomas Berdych advances after Marcos Baghdatis retires with leg injury in Rotterdam

    Second-seeded Tomas Berdych advanced to the quarterfinals of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament on Thursday when Marcos Baghdatis retired with a leg injury in the ...

  6. Marcos Baghdatis beats Gremelmayr 6-1, 6-0, will play Ivan Dodig in Unicef Open semifinals

    Marcos Baghdatis has won his Unicef Open quarterfinal on his 26th birthday, beating Denis Gremelmayr of Germany 6-1, 6-0 and awaiting his semifinal later in the day....

  7. Novak Djokovic rallies past Marcos Baghdatis in Swiss Indoors quarterfinals

    Top-ranked Novak Djokovic rallied past Marcos Baghdatis 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors.Djokovic had his service broken twice early be...

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