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Post by getta on Sept 7, 2010 1:12:09 GMT -5
AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK ?? ?? ?? ............ ARE WE DEFENDING OUR TITLE ?? ?? ?? ............ playing Stockholm isn't a good rational decision, methinks. it's impossible for Marcos, or any player for that matter, to play well four weeks in a row... potentially five weeks in a row, we still await Marcos' decision on whether he'll play Metz... also, Federer will be playing Stockholm this year and Soderling's elbow injury is completely healed. anyway, wouldn't be the first time Marcos didn't defend his title. in 2008 he didn't play Zagreb either. after Shanghai he'd better rest up and jet off to Basel, or maybe i'll say perhaps Vienna.
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Post by getta on Sept 7, 2010 12:52:47 GMT -5
October 18-24: Kremlin Cup, Moscow, RussiaEntry List1 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 6 2 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 11 3 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 14 4 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 185 Stepanek, Radek CZE 30 6 Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 36 7 Istomin, Denis UZB 39 8 Golubev, Andrey KAZ 40 9 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 44 10 Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR 45 11 Troicki, Viktor SRB 47 12 Hanescu, Victor ROU 54 13 Starace, Potito ITA 55 14 Giraldo, Santiago COL 60 15 Zeballos, Horacio ARG 61 16 Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 63 17 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 64 18 Gonzalez, Maximo ARG @66 19 Marchenko, Illya UKR 73 20 (SE) 21 (SE) 22 (Q) 23 (Q) 24 (Q) 25 (Q) 26 (WC) 27 (WC) 28 (WC) Alternates 1. Brands, Daniel GER 75 2. Riba, Pere ESP 76 3. Russell, Michael USA 80 4. Hajek, Jan CZE 82 5. Greul, Simon GER 84 6. Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 85 7. Cuevas, Pablo URU 88 8. Kamke, Tobias GER 89 9. Przysiezny, Michal POL 90 10. Schuettler, Rainer GER 91 11. Gabashvili, Teymuraz RUS 93 12. Granollers, Marcel ESP 94 13. Dabul, Brian ARG 96 14. Phau, Bjorn GER 97 15. Devvarman, Somdev IND 98 davai, Marcos, davai!!!
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Post by Giatros on Sept 7, 2010 12:53:47 GMT -5
AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK ?? ?? ?? ............ ARE WE DEFENDING OUR TITLE ?? ?? ?? ............ playing Stockholm isn't a good rational decision, methinks. it's impossible for Marcos, or any player for that matter, to play well four weeks in a row... potentially five weeks in a row, we still await Marcos' decision on whether he'll play Metz... also, Federer will be playing Stockholm this year and Soderling's elbow injury is completely healed. anyway, wouldn't be the first time Marcos didn't defend his title. in 2008 he didn't play Zagreb either. after Shanghai he'd better rest up and jet off to Basel, or maybe i'll say perhaps Vienna. Marcos followed your advice, dear Getta !!!
He is not going !!! Entry List :www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=168299
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Post by Giatros on Sept 7, 2010 12:56:37 GMT -5
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by getta on Sept 7, 2010 15:23:40 GMT -5
here's Marcos' interview in Cypriot media which i translated from Greek into English on July 14th and posted it here in the "News and articles, interviews" thread: ======================================================================== a week ago (Wednesday July 7, 2010), Marcos gave an interview to GIPEDO (or, PITCH in English). GIPEDO (PITCH) is the Sunday sport magazine of the Cypriot newspaper POLITIS. Marcos’ interview was published on July 11th, four days after it was conducted.
i have access to the PDF edition of the newspaper POLITIS:
pdf.politis-news.com
anyway, they maintain an online daily archive (PDF edition) of all newspaper content from the past 3 months only. fortunately enough, the interview was reproduced by the kind internet-based tennis news portal Cyprus Tennis Society. people of Cyprus Tennis Society just changed the original title. i kept the original title though.
it’s been translated from Greek into English by myself. not an easy task in itself, not at all. ================================================================================ www.cyprustennissociety.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=40211 JULY 2010 | YEAR 12, ISSUE 4069 Newspaper POLITIS, Page 92 Sport magazine GIPEDO, Page 8 by Andri Christou MARCOS’ SLUMP WAS DUE TO FATIGUE, DIFFERENT METHODS AND APPROACHES TO ACHIEVE THE SAME GOAL AND HIS NOT-SO-GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FORMER COACH.
It was expected to happen…In sport, and life for that matter, everything that happens - whether it is a rise or a downfall - can be explained. And to avoid being vague, Marcos’ current slump can be explained. In addition, he has hired a new coach and a fitness trainer. We asked him for “explanations” of the issues raised, and Marcos, being ever-polite, answered our questions. Last Wednesday, the Cypriot tennis player gave this interview to GIPEDO and talked about everything sincerely, warmheartedly and straightforwardly… Please first tell us, how are you doing? Well, I’m fine. I’m in Cyprus right now and, last Monday, I started training for the upcoming tournaments in the States. In all recent tournaments you played, Wimbledon included, you were terrible since you were beaten in the first round… How do you explain these failures?I blame it on fatigue. Last year I had to work very hard to overcome injuries on my way back. Last month has been a bad month for me, but that’s not particularly tragic. OK, I could have played better on grass, to get the chance to earn points and climb the rankings, but it didn’t happen. I have played 18 out of the half-season’s 22 tournaments! That’s way too much tennis! I got tired of playing the game. As I already said, it has been a bad month for me, but I am not going to let it hurt me. I am looking ahead.Always! It’s just that after your win over Federer which was simply stunning, we all expected that you would have been able to act accordingly, but your downfall came instead. We thought that something must have happened to you…Nothing has happened to me. Last year I “consumed” much energy to be able to make a comeback and get my today’s high ranking. It as increasingly likely to suffer a setback. And it happened in the grass season. Was your former coach somehow responsible for your downfall? Yes, it now seems clear that my downfall was not entirely due to fatigue because our relationship has suffered lately. But that’s fine. We had both adopted the decision on whether or not to play all these tournaments.Tell us a bit more about your relationship between you and your former coach as of late… OK, he got tired too. We were not able to communicate well together and the quality of our relationship was affected. But I can’t say my former coach is responsible for my downfall because I hold the tennis racket. However perhaps if my relationship with my former coach had been better, I can see how he would have “meant” more to me. Perhaps the fact that I was not feeling well also played a key role… Did you have a sense… of lack of support? OK, he wanted me to play well. I am not saying he didn’t want this, still… if you can’t agree with your main collaborator on some big issues, then doubts cast over the relationship. These problems had a variety of negative impacts on me, but as I already said I don’t consider it a failure in the slightest. So, you have made the decision to put an end to this collaboration. It felt like being in an “abusive” relationship. Eduardo has helped me a lot. He taught me how to work hard, he showed me how to build a team around me, how to choose the appropriate collaborators and he taught me how to co-operate with them. I owe him a bit great “thank you”, but it seems that time for change has arrived. What was the main reason for this? Our incentives have changed. At the beginning of the season, you remember that don’t you, my desire was to improve my fitness level which should have led to having some climb up to very high positions next year. When I beat Federer, my former coach and my former fitness trainer told me “top 10 this year”! They put undue pressure on me. I was affected by them. I started playing many tournaments to earn as many ranking points as I can. That’s how it was, the improvement of my physical condition was neglected. I think we made a really big mistake. The urge toward my original goal remains. I am looking ahead and focusing on improving my fitness level to be able to play my best tennis. I need to stop thinking about ranking points.Normally, should it be the other way around? You have to think about ranking points and the coach’s job is to be accountable for your overall performance! I totally agree with you. After Wimbledon all these issues were discussed with my coach, but… You can’t tell me “OK, you’re right” and the following day try to stimulate me “you know, you have to play this tournament, you can rack up many points there.” These past four years you have changed five coaches. Apparently this is an issue… I always wish to a have long-term collaboration because I know how important it is. But I was a bit unlucky because in all the cases, except the last one, the coaches have parted ways with me, don’t blame me. For various reasons. For instance, it was not our intention at all to part ways with Guillaume Peyre. We had problems with Patrick Mouratoglou. We were not alone. Many people interfered in our business and this made our job harder. The decision-making process was slowed down by a “committee”. Guillaume had a contract with the academy and it was hard to make certain types of decisions. I then worked with Yiannos Hadjigeorghiou who had to leave me because of family reasons. I was then coached by Peter Lundgren for six months but he couldn’t follow me – I tried to convince him, albeit unsuccessfully - to the Team Lagardère. This was only because he had a very good contract with Mouratoglou Academy. I then joined the Team Lagardère where I was coached by Olivier Soulès. It was a very good collaboration, but there were moments of tension with the team. It was then when I made the decision to leave and being alone is the best way to be. I footed the bill, all the expenses – valued at 500,000-600,000 Euros per year - are all paid by me. I asked Soulès to follow me but he chose to stay at the team. Eduardo was the only coach I wanted to part ways with. A parenthetical matter: Is being alone so at a high cost? Take into account that I pay a coach, a fitness trainer, a physiotherapist and a sparring partner. Apart from the agreed salaries, they also receive all travel benefits and commissions. My monthly expenses are around 45,000-50,000 Euros. Let’s get back to the topic at hand. I assume that being stuck on someone must be a daunting task. It’s like any marriage, or a firm of only two employees... It can indeed be difficult. I know that a sort of stability is important, but… Never mind. Whatever happened, happened. Now I am looking ahead to the future. Whoever stands beside me and helps me, they will stay. Whenever I feel like they are useless, they are unfortunate. I don’t have room for wasted time. It’s my career, I make my own decisions, I’m responsible for my actions… And you hired Guillaume. You both know each other very well… Indeed. He knows me since I was 16. His name got out soon after I have made my decision to change my coach. For two reasons. Firstly, because it was not our intention to part ways, third parties were involved. And, secondly, because we have been through a lot together. I know he is able to help me right now. I expect him to seal contract this Tuesday. He isn’t affiliated to the academy now, is he? No. He was at the work-bench of the Chinese National Tennis Team until now. The basis for an effective long-term collaboration is established. We have the freedom to make our own choices. I hope to work with him until the end. You have also changed your fitness trainer. Is that right? Yes, but it was Horacio’s own decision because of his close friendship with Eduardo. I wish we didn’t need to part ways with Horacio, but this is impossible for now at least. Roberto Yunis, the new fitness trainer who has the same philosophy as Horacio, will come this Saturday. I will keep the physiotherapist. On to North America I’m not going to play Atlanta. Before the US Open I will play Los Angeles (July 26), Washington (August 1), Toronto (August 9) and Cincinnati (August 15). Whether to play New Haven (August 22) is not yet determined. Most likely “yes” due to last year’s wild card. I will practise as much as I can for three weeks, I’m going to play relaxed tennis in Los Angeles and afterwards I will give my best on the court. ============================================================================== well, it's true that Marcos played 18 tournaments in 6 months (beginning of January - end of June). but "Eduardo's-schedule-it-sucks" was not the reason that Marcos wanted to part ways with him. now under the tried and tested Guillaume's guidance, Marcos will be playing 12 tournaments in 3 months and 20 days (26 July - 14 November). [/li][li][/color][/sup] [/li][li][/color][/sup] assuming that:- he pulls out of Metz.
- Moscow is one certain bet that there's no guarantees to cashing in...
- he avoids Vienna.
- no way he misses Basel. it's his favourite tournament according to the interview he gave in a relaxed manner at Roland Garros this year.
[/color][/size] [/li][/ul] www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/articles/2010-05-29/201005291275129362801.htmlIf Marcos Baghdatis were a drink…Saturday, May 29, 2010 By Eric Frosio (translation by Corentine Howe) World No.30, Marcos Baghdatis from Cyprus, who lost in the third round on Friday to Andy Murray, was kind enough to answer our “if you were…” questions.... If you were a tournament?
Bâle. The people are really nice, the atmosphere is relaxed, and I feel good there. ... and that's Basel, Bâle in French. also it was Basel that has offered him a WC last year, but Marcos couldn't accept it as he had already committed to play a challenger in Korea during that week...Marcos love doesn't drop like a hot potato, it has to be made, made new and remade all of the time...
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Post by Giatros on Sept 8, 2010 2:10:19 GMT -5
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Post by getta on Sept 11, 2010 4:30:43 GMT -5
ATP World Tour 2011 Season(if you just want to see it, simply scroll down to the second page.)www.cool-tennis.com/COOL-Tennis/Documentos/calendarioATP10.pdfclay season: a slight change in the ATP running order, with a pause between the Barcelona and Madrid weeks, with Rome to follow. would be interesting to see if Marcos is smart enough to play Monte Carlo, Barcelona, week off, Madrid, Rome, week off, Roland Garros. playing Monte Carlo, week off, Munich, Madrid, Rome, week off, Roland Garros is a dumb idea with a bad plan chaser. but anyway, i hope he'll find his own pace, and his lose time in the end. last but far from being out of tune yet, hope Marcos chooses AAMI Classic in Kooyong instead of Sydney as his warm-up tournament for the Australian Open. and, do the math Marcos ffs, stay away from Nice, Rosmalen and New Haven.
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Post by Giatros on Sept 14, 2010 12:44:39 GMT -5
Marcos is participating at Vienna, as well !!!!!!!Vienna Entry List (updated September 14, 2010)Entry deadline: September 13, 2010 Seeding: October 18, 20101 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 13 2 Cilic, Marin CRO 14 3 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 16 4 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 185 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 24 6 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 25 7 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 31 8 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 34 9 Robredo, Tommy ESP 40 10 Mayer, Florian GER 45 11 de Bakker, Thiemo NED 46 12 Berrer, Michael GER 49 13 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 51 14 Petzschner, Philipp GER 52 15 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 55 16 Malisse, Xavier BEL 56 17 Seppi, Andreas ITA 58 18 Giraldo, Santiago COL 61 19 Kubot, Lukasz POL 63 20 Falla, Alejandro COL 64 21 Anderson, Kevin RSA 65 22 Haase, Robin NED 70 23 Fognini, Fabio ITA 71 24 (SE) 25 (SE) 26 (Q) 27 (Q) 28 (Q) 29 (Q) 30 (WC) 31 (WC) 32 (WC) www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=168791
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Post by getta on Sept 14, 2010 15:26:41 GMT -5
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Post by Giatros on Sept 15, 2010 23:47:13 GMT -5
I would like to add links to the entry lists (& other facts), of the coming events (2nd link - Official Site) : ....... cont. ( & updated )Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur 2010 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (27/9 - 3/10) - ATP World Tour 250 Indoor, Hard ....... Draw size: 28 - Marcos: 6th - so far ( ALMAGRO HAS WITHDRAWN )Entry List : www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=167038Official Site : www.malaysianopentennis.com/2010/China Open - Beijing, China (4 - 10/10) - ATP World Tour 500 Hard ....... Draw size: 32 - Marcos: 12th - so farEntry List : www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=167447Official Site : www.chinaopen.com.cn/2010/Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai, China (10 - 17/10) - ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard ....... Draw size: 56 - Marcos: 18th - so farEntry List : www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=167834Official Site : www.shanghaimasters1000.com/2010/en/Kremlin Cup - Moscow, Russia (18 - 24/10) - ATP World Tour 250 Indoor, Hard ....... Draw size: 28 - Marcos: 4th - so farEntry List : www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=168297Official Site : www.kremlincup.ru/index_en.htmlBank Austria Tennis Trophy - Vienna, Austria (25 - 31/10) - ATP World Tour 250 Indoor, Hard ....... Draw size: 32 - Marcos: 4th - so farEntry List : www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=168791Official Site : www.bankaustria-tennistrophy.at/en/home.html?mn=0
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Post by Giatros on Sept 16, 2010 0:00:18 GMT -5
The Smiling Cypriot returns in 2011Brisbane International Thursday 16 September 2010For the third year in a row Marcos Baghdatis will start his Australian Open preparation in Brisbane. Announced today Brisbane International Tournament Director Steve Ayles said Baghdatis is a great addition to the Brisbane International. “Marcos is one of the friendliest players on the tour and it will be fantastic to welcome him back in 2011,” Ayles said. “The Cypriot is much loved by fans and fellow players and his exuberant and festive on-court presence and natural talent will make him a crowd favourite again this January. “Add to this his growing form, which has seen him defeat both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in 2010 and we not only have an entertaining player but one that has a real chance of winning the Brisbane international singles title. “His return to the Brisbane International for the third year in a row is another great endorsement of the tournament, its facilities and all the hard work that is done behind the scenes. “Our aim is to provide spectators with the best possible event and create a tournament that improves year on year and with Marcos we have another jewel in the crown for 2011,” Ayles continues. Baghdatis said he is excited to starting his year off in Brisbane and preparing for the Australian Open in Queensland. “I like Australia, I like playing there, so for sure [the Brisbane International] would be a great preparation [for the Open]…I will look forward to playing there,” Baghdatis said. “It’s good to play some matches before a Grand Slam. I think it’s an advantage. “ It’s playing matches. It’s playing matches on the same surface. When you start the season, you don’t have a lot of matches on your belt, so you need matches. I think before the Australian Open you need more matches than another Grand Slam because you didn’t have those matches before. “You know, you’re coming out from lots of practice, lots of gym work. You need some matches. “ Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said the Brisbane International in 2011 would be one of the hottest tickets in Queensland Events ‘Summer Season’. “International tennis has had a great year here in Queensland during 2010, with the success of the Brisbane International in January, followed by two Davis Cup Ties, one in Brisbane and Cairns,” said Ms Bligh. “I’m delighted Marcos Baghdatis will be headlining in 2011 – I know Queenslanders will be out in force to cheer him on during the tournament.” In 2010 Baghdatis added a fourth ATP title win to his achievements winning the Medibank International Sydney. The Australian Open finalist has defeated Federer at Indian Wells in March and Nadal at Cincinnati in August 2010. He made the final of Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington and has pushed his ranking to No.18, the first time he has been in the top twenty since May 2008. Baghdatis has also reached the semifinals of three ATP World Tour events in 2010, in Dubai, Munich and Cincinnati. Brisbane International 2011 series packages go on sale on 6 October with single sessions available from 13 October. Ground passes for the event are $12.90. Entry to qualifying, Friday 31 December and Saturday 1 January 2011, is free of charge.
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Post by getta on Sept 16, 2010 23:56:00 GMT -5
bought my tickets for Bercy (Monday-Thursday), not sure which sessions are included in the package though. anyway, many players there who lead a full and interesting life. so, Marcos probably won't be missed. Marcos
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Post by christos on Sept 17, 2010 3:46:26 GMT -5
Very good! You will have a great time there, that's sure
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Post by Giatros on Sept 21, 2010 11:39:56 GMT -5
Marcos is participating at Vienna, as well !!!!!!! Marcos is participating at Basel, as well !!!!!!! Basel Entry List (updated September 21, 2010)Entry deadline: September 20, 2010 Seeding: October 25, 20101 Djokovic, Novak SRB 2 2 Federer, Roger SUI 3 3 Berdych, Tomas CZE 7 4 Roddick, Andy USA 10 5 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 13 6 Cilic, Marin CRO 14 7 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 17 8 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 189 Fish, Mardy USA 19 10 Querrey, Sam USA 21 11 Isner, John USA 23 12 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 25 13 Llodra, Michael FRA 28 14 Nalbandian, David ARG 29 15 Gasquet, Richard FRA 30 16 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 34 17 Benneteau, Julien FRA 38 18 Golubev, Andrey KAZ 39 19 Istomin, Denis UZB 42 20 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 43 21 Mayer, Florian GER 45 22 de Bakker, Thiemo NED 46 23 Troicki, Viktor SRB 47 24 Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR 48 25 Berrer, Michael GER 49 26 (Q) 27 (Q) 28 (Q) 29 (Q) 30 (WC) 31 (WC) 32 (WC) www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=169258
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Post by getta on Sept 21, 2010 12:32:28 GMT -5
he's chasing the eighth seed at the Australian Open because he feels he's close to earning it and it's about giving himself the very best opportunity.
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