Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, May 7-13

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After some positive signs in Munich, Marcos will play in Madrid.

Official site: www.madrid-open.com/

Main single draw:

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) bye
Qualifier - Qualifier
Olivier Rochus (BEL) - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) - [13] Feliciano Lopez (ESP)

[9] Gilles Simon (FRA) - Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) - [WC] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) - Qualifier
[7] Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bye

[3] Roger Federer (SUI) bye
Milos Raonic (CAN) - David Nalbandian (ARG)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) - Donald Young (USA)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) - [14] Richard Gasquet (FRA)

[11] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Qualifier
Marcel Granollers (ESP) - Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Bernard Tomic (AUS)
[5] David Ferrer (ESP) bye

[8] John Isner (USA) bye
[WC] Albert Montanes (ESP) - Marin Cilic (CRO)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) - [WC] Javier Marti (ESP)
Florian Mayer (GER) - [10] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)

[16] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) - Pablo Andujar (ESP)
Michael Llodra (FRA) - Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Qualifier - [WC] Ryan Harrison (USA)
[4] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bye

[6] Tomas Berdych (CZE) bye
Kevin Anderson (RSA) - Alex Jr. Bogomolov (RUS)
Qualifier - Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) - [12] Gael Monfils (FRA)

[15] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Denis Istomin (UZB)
Qualifier - Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
[2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) bye


Allez Marcos!

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Monday OoP

STADIUM ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO

Starting At: 1:00 pm
Mikhail YOUZHNY (RUS) vs Javier MARTI (ESP)

Not Before 2:00 PM
Sergiy STAKHOVSKY (UKR) vs Ryan HARRISON (USA)

followed by
Alejandro FALLA (COL) vs Juan Ignacio CHELA (ARG)

Not Before 4:30 PM
Marcos BAGHDATIS (CYP) vs Guillermo GARCIA-LOPEZ (ESP)

followed by
Samantha STOSUR (AUS) vs Christina MCHALE (USA) - WTA

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from Marcos' official site:

baghdatis.com/articles/view/marcos-beaten-by-garcia-lopez

Marcos Beaten By Garcia-Lopez

Tuesday, 08 May, 2012

Marcos suffered a close defeat in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Monday evening at the hands of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. The Spaniard prevailed 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 after a two-hour, 23-minute battle at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court event.

Playing on the blue clay at the Caja Magica for the first time, Marcos surrendered the first set as he was broken in the ninth game. He fought back well from a break down to level the match in the second set, but was broken by Garcia-Lopez in the decisive final game of the match.

Marcos will now turn his attention to Rome, where the Internazionali BNL d’Italia begins on Sunday. Stay tuned to www.baghdatis.com for all the latest news.

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is Marcos' game on clay just a shameless pushing?

epic FAIL, if true.