Serbia Open, Belgrade May 4-10

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After a short time in Ostrava, Marcos got a WC to play the Serbia Open next week.

Official site of the event here : www.serbiaopen.rs/

No draws out yet.

Entry List:

1 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3
2 Stepanek, Radek CZE 19
3 Andreev, Igor RUS 21
4 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 27
5 Seppi, Andreas ITA 39
6 Troicki, Viktor SRB 41
7 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 46
8 Querrey, Sam USA 47
9 Granollers, Marcel ESP 51
10 Rochus, Christophe BEL 56
11 Clement, Arnaud FRA 58
12 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 60
13 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 68
14 Canas, Guillermo ARG 89
15 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 90
16 Massu, Nicolas CHI 91
17 Daniel, Marcos BRA 93
18 Mayer, Leonardo ARG 94
19 Dabul, Brian ARG 97
20 Darcis, Steve BEL 99
21 Roitman, Sergio ARG 100
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC) Krajinovic, Filip SRB
27 (WC) Zlatanovic, Arsenije SRB
28 (WC) Baghdatis, Marcos CYP

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Main draw is out : www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=/1/posting/2009/5053/mds.pdf

Marcos plays a qualifier.

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Main Draw

[1] Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) bye
Janko TIPSAREVIC (SRB) vs Sergio ROITMAN (ARG)
(WC) Filip KRAJINOVIC (SRB) vs Marcel GRANOLLERS (ESP)
Sam QUERREY (USA) vs [5] Viktor TROICKI (SRB)

[4] Andreas SEPPI (ITA) bye
Wayne ODESNIK (USA) vs Leonardo MAYER (ARG)
Marcos DANIEL (BRA) vs Guillermo CANAS (ARG)
QUALIFIER vs [6] Ivan LJUBICIC (CRO)

[8] Christophe ROCHUS (BEL) vs Nicolas DEVILDER (FRA)
Kristof VLIEGEN (BEL) vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs (WC) Arsenije ZLATANOVIC (SRB)
[3] Igor ANDREEV (RUS) bye

[7]Arnaud CLEMENT (FRA) vs Steve DARCIS (BEL)
QUALIFIER vs (WC) Marcos BAGHDATIS (CYP)
Brian DABUL (ARG) vs Nicolas MASSU (CHI)
[2] Ivo KARLOVIC (CRO) bye

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Marcos is fourth match on Court 1 today, not before 3.30pm.

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www.serbiaopen.rs/article.asp?id=132

Maj 04, 2009

Bagdhatis: Serbian players are my friends



When a few days ago, press announced that Cypriot player Marcos Bagdhatis will get a wild card for participation in Serbia Open, tennis lovers in Serbia were certainly happy, as he is the player who used to be in the top ten.
Always smiling and in a good mood, Cypriot stated that Belgrade is the place of his return.
- I feel as though I played only two matches in the last two years! My ranking was bad because l was injured and l did not play for eight months. I want to return, it is only May, my first goal is to be among fifty best players as soon as possible. – says Bagdhatis.
He is aware that the audience in Belgrade will be on the side of Novak Djokovic and other Serbian players. The draw is outlined in a way that there will be small chances for meeting with one of the Serbian players. The match with Novak is possible only in the finals. I played against Djokovic a few really amazing matches. Maybe I had the best opportunity on Wimbledon 2007, when we played five sets, but I have not use it. This season we played in Melbourne. I do not think that I wore him out that much, so that he could not stabilize himself against Roddick.“ – says Bagdhatis.
Novak is not the only Serbian player with whom Bagdhatis has a great relationship.
- Janko Tipsarevic is my good friend, Viktor Troicki also. When I was a boy we were in the same academy. I know many others, such as Renata Ljukovcan, and with all of them l was always on good terms. – says Marcos.
Many people think that along Novak, Marcos is a favorite for the finals.
- I think that Novak Djokovic is the first favorite and he has the biggest chance to win the title. My first goal is to play well, so if l get good score, l will be happy. – the finalist from the 2006 Australian Open, said.

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The match against Cipolla has been stopped yesterday, due to rain. Marcos has won the 1st set 6-1. Cippolla won the 2nd 6-3. They are scheduled on Court 2 today at noon to finish the match.

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May 06, 2009
Baghdatis stumbles out


Marcos Baghdatis suffered a first round defeat at the Serbian Open against Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla in three sets 1:6, 6:3, 6:1.
Excluding the Serbs the Cyprian is one of the crowd favorites in Belgrade. He opened the match in dominant fashion but was unable to maintain the course of the match in his favor. The Italian took advantage of the Cyprians poor form caused by lack of court time due to an injury and fought back to win the match 2:1. Cipola is now up against Frenchman and seventh seed Arnaud Clement.

www.serbiaopen.rs/article.asp?id=154

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Snowflake's report on MTF:
www.menstennisforums.com/showpost.php?p=8533811&postcount=14

"Baghdatis looked great in the first set, totally fell out of rhythm while Flavio made some great shots in the second, then Marcos asked for the match to be stopped due to poor lighting and today in the third set he snapped mentally. They were breaking each other at the beginning and then Marcos lost it, started hitting balls out of court (intentionally and unintentionally), broke a raquet and then lost."

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Snowflake was a big Marcos' fan until the Australian Open 2008. It was then that Marcos lost many of his fans... A few months ago, I had a small chat with 'snowflake', well, she overcame the cultural shock... Now, there is no reason to allege that her report is “not objective”.

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Thanks for sharing her report here. Brings more details as to how the match got lost by Marcos.