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Baghdatis to take on Garcia-Lopez in Madrid Masters opener
Marcos Baghdatis will open his ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Mutua Madrid Open campaign against local wild card entrant Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.In his four outings at this clay-court event, which begins Sunday in the Spanish capital, Baghdatis has never advanced further than the second round. Last season he lost to Rafael Nadal in straight sets 6-1, 6-3 in just under an hour and a half of playing time.The 28-year-old Albacete native, Garcia-Lopez, defeated Baghdatis in their only meeting on the tour so far, which took place in the second round of the 2007 BNP Paribas Open Masters in Indian Wells, where he celebrated 7-5, 7-5... Read on
Baghdatis breezes past Lopez in Indian Wells
IT was hard to tell who the 15th seed was on the day as Marcos Baghdatis breezed past higher-ranked Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the Indian Wells Masters.The first break of serve came in the fourth game when the 26-year-old Cypriot, now ranked 47, converted a break opportunity to rush into a 3-1 lead.Lopez however got back on level terms as he returned the break in the following game and then held serve to make it three-apiece.Just when it looked as though the momentum had switched to the Spaniard, Baghdatis reeled off three straight games to claim the first set after 33 minutes... Read on
No fixation to end Djokovic dominance, says Nadal
RAFA Nadal has lost his last seven matches against world number one Novak Djokovic but the Spaniard denies that he has a burning obsession to beat the Serb.The pair last met in January’s Australian Open final when Djokovic clinched the title for a third time with an epic 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7 7-5 victory that lasted almost six hours.While Nadal enjoys a 16-14 career advantage over the Serb, he has been beaten on all types of surfaces in their past seven encounters, all of them in finals.“I say it always the same, I want to improve for me,” world number two Nadal told reporters while preparing for the Indian Wells ATP Masters tournament in the California desert... Read on
Federer beats Murray for fifth Dubai title
Roger Federer beat Andy Murray 7-5 6-4 to win the Dubai Championships on Saturday, the Swiss maestro's 72nd tour title.Federer clinched his fifth Dubai crown without dropping a set all week. He broke Murray at 5-5 in the first set as the Briton's serving dipped.The Swiss, 30, then broke again to go 3-1 ahead in the second set but Murray produced two brilliant lobs to square the set at 3-3.Federer remained unfazed by his opponent's fightback and attacked Murray's second serve to force the Briton to net a backhand for a decisive 5-4 lead.Serving for the match, Federer hit a series of stinging forehands into left court to earn match point and he sealed victory with a blistering winner past a subdued Murray... 1 comment
Murray beats Djokovic to reach Dubai final
Andy Murray beat world number one Novak Djokovic 6-2 7-5 in the semi-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Friday.Djokovic started strongly, holding his opening two service games to love in the duo's first meeting since the Serb triumphed in an epic five-set semi-final at the Australian Open in January.But from 2-2, a pumped-up Murray then won seven games in a row to claim the first set and go 3-0 up in the second on a balmy evening in Dubai.Murray served for the match at 5-3, but the world number four seemed nervous, double-faulting as Djokovic earned two break points... 2 comments
