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Marcos Baghdatis

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Marcos Baghdatis
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Marcos Cruises Into Nottingham QF

Wednesday, 24 June, 2015

There must be something special about the city of Nottingham that has Marcos playing at his best. One year removed from winning his first grass-court ATP Challenger Tour title there, he cruised into the quarter-finals of the Aegon Open Nottingham, an ATP World Tour 250 event.

 

Marcos did not drop a set in winning the Challenger title last year and the trend is continuing this week. On Wednesday, he dismissed surging teen Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-3 in 65 minutes in the Nottingham third round. He fired four aces, won a whopping 93 per cent of first serve points (28/30), while converting on three of four break chances. He denied the lone break point faced on his serve.

 

The win comes a day after Marcos sprung the upset of the tournament in downing top seed David Ferrer in straight sets. It was his 20th victory over a Top 10 opponent and seventh over a top seed on the ATP World Tour.

 

Marcos will contest his fourth match in four days when he faces Simone Bolelli in the quarter-finals. The World No. 56 Italian has won both previous meetings, on the clay of Roland Garros in 2008 and the hard courts of Miami earlier this year. A strong clay-court player, Bolelli has only won 14 matches on grass in his career.