Roland Garros, Paris, May 28 - June 10

[getta]

Main Draw




Novak Djokovic SRB (1) vs Potito Starace ITA
Blaz Kavcic SLO vs Lleyton Hewitt AUS
Qualy vs Qualy
Qualy vs Jurgen Melzer AUT (30)

Andreas Seppi ITA (22) vs Nikolay Davydenko RUS
Mikhail Kukushkin KAZ vs Ernests Gulbis LAT
Qualy vs Gilles Muller LUX
Steve Darcis BEL vs Fernando Verdasco ESP (14)

Gilles Simon FRA (11) vs Ryan Harrison USA
Xavier Malisse BEL vs Brian Baker USA
Pablo Andujar ESP vs Victor Hanescu ROU
Flavio Cipolla ITA vs Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (18)
Next Round

Viktor Troicki SRB (28) vs Thomaz Bellucci BRA
Fabio Fognini ITA vs Adrian Mannarino FRA
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe GER vs Joao Souza BRA
Qualy vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (5)

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Roger Federer SUI (3) vs Tobias Kamke GER
Adrian Ungur ROU vs David Nalbandian ARG
Frank Dancevic CAN vs Martin Klizan SVK
Nicolas Mahut FRA vs Andy Roddick USA (26)

Radek Stepanek CZE (23) vs Qualy
Arnaud Clement FRA vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. RUS
Karol Beck SVK vs Lukasz Kubot POL
Qualy vs Feliciano Lopez ESP (15)

Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (9) vs Albert Montanes ESP
Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA vs Vasek Pospisil CAN
Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP vs Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy FRA
Qualy vs Marin Cilic CRO (21)

Kevin Anderson RSA (31) vs Rui Machado POR
Eric Prodon FRA vs Qualy
Michael Llodra FRA vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP
Dudi Sela ISR vs Tomas Berdych CZE (7)

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David Ferrer ESP (6) vs Lukas Lacko SVK
Benoit Paire FRA vs Albert Ramos ESP
Ivan Dodig CRO vs Robin Haase NED
James Blake USA vs Mikhail Youzhny RUS (27)

Marcel Granollers ESP (20) vs Qualy
Malek Jaziri TUN vs Philipp Petzschner GER
Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA vs Bjorn Phau GER
Qualy vs John Isner USA (10)

Alexandr Dolgopolov UKR (16) vs Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR
Filippo Volandri ITA vs Qualy
Donald Young USA vs Grigor DiMitrov BUL
Qualy vs Richard Gasquet FRA (17)

Bernard Tomic AUS (25) vs Qualy
Santiago Giraldo COL vs Alejandro Falla COL
Jarkko Nieminen FIN vs Igor Andreev RUS
Tatsuma Ito JPN vs Andy Murray GBR (4)

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Janko Tipsarevic SRB (8) vs Sam Querrey USA
Jeremy Chardy FRA vs Yen-Hsun Lu TPE
Dmitry Tursunov RUS vs Go Soeda JPN
Qualy vs Julien Benneteau FRA (29)

Philipp Kohlschreiber GER (24) vs Matthew Ebden AUS
Olivier Rochus BEL vs Leonardo Mayer ARG
Juan Ignacio Chela ARG vs Marcos Baghdatis CYP
Paolo Lorenzi ITA vs Nicolas Almagro ESP (12)

Juan Monaco ARG (13) vs Guillaume Rufin FRA
Lukas Rosol CZE vs Carlos Berlocq ARG
Qualy vs Benjamin Becker GER
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo ESP vs Milos Raonic CAN (19)

Florian Mayer GER (32) vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver ESP
Qualy vs Ivo Karlovic CRO
Igor Kunitsyn RUS vs Denis Istomin UZB
Simone Bolelli ITA vs Rafael Nadal ESP (2)

[getta]

Marcos had been handed a very tough draw but would prepare to create an upset.

Chela is up first.

pame Marko

[getta]

from Marcos' official site:

baghdatis.com/articles/view/marcos-warms-up-with-exhibition

Marcos Warms Up With Exhibition

Thursday, 24 May, 2012



Marcos finalised his Roland Garros preparations on Thursday by playing Stanislas Wawrinka in an exhibition match in Paris. The pair warmed up together in the morning before Swiss No. 2 Wawrinka defeated Marcos 7-5, 5-7, 10-7 at the Guinot Mary Cohr Masters.

The French Open begins on Sunday at Roland Garros, with the draw being made on Friday morning. Stay tuned to www.baghdatis.com for all the latest news.

Go Marcos!

[getta]

from Marcos' official site:

baghdatis.com/articles/view/marcos-given-tough-draw-at-roland-garros-1

Marcos Given Tough Draw At Roland Garros

Friday, 25 May, 2012

Marcos will face clay court specialist Juan Ignacio Chela in the first round of Roland Garros. The pair have faced each other five times previously, with Marcos leading the rivalry 3-2. All of the meetings have taken place on hard court. Chela is ranked 43, two places below Marcos.

If Marcos is to go deeper into the tournament than last year, when he reached the Round of 64, he will have to beat Chela and then 12th seed Nicolas Almagro. Marcos has also been drawn in the same quarter of the draw as Rafael Nadal, widely acknowledged to be the greatest ever clay court player.

Follow Marcos' progress at Roland Garros on baghdatis.com.

[Michael]

This would be an idial draw for Wimbledon (or even US open) ... but for RG is considered as tough (I am not disagree with this)

May 25, 2012 20:37:35 GMT -5 getta said:

from Marcos' official site:

baghdatis.com/articles/view/marcos-given-tough-draw-at-roland-garros-1

Marcos Given Tough Draw At Roland Garros

Friday, 25 May, 2012

Marcos will face clay court specialist Juan Ignacio Chela in the first round of Roland Garros. The pair have faced each other five times previously, with Marcos leading the rivalry 3-2. All of the meetings have taken place on hard court. Chela is ranked 43, two places below Marcos.

If Marcos is to go deeper into the tournament than last year, when he reached the Round of 64, he will have to beat Chela and then 12th seed Nicolas Almagro. Marcos has also been drawn in the same quarter of the draw as Rafael Nadal, widely acknowledged to be the greatest ever clay court player.

Follow Marcos' progress at Roland Garros on baghdatis.com.

[cree]

May 25, 2012 12:47:03 GMT -5 getta said:

Main Draw




Novak Djokovic SRB (1) vs Potito Starace ITA
Blaz Kavcic SLO vs Lleyton Hewitt AUS
Qualy vs Qualy
Qualy vs Jurgen Melzer AUT (30)

Andreas Seppi ITA (22) vs Nikolay Davydenko RUS
Mikhail Kukushkin KAZ vs Ernests Gulbis LAT
Qualy vs Gilles Muller LUX
Steve Darcis BEL vs Fernando Verdasco ESP (14)

Gilles Simon FRA (11) vs Ryan Harrison USA
Xavier Malisse BEL vs Brian Baker USA
Pablo Andujar ESP vs Victor Hanescu ROU
Flavio Cipolla ITA vs Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (18)
Next Round

Viktor Troicki SRB (28) vs Thomaz Bellucci BRA
Fabio Fognini ITA vs Adrian Mannarino FRA
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe GER vs Joao Souza BRA
Qualy vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (5)

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Roger Federer SUI (3) vs Tobias Kamke GER
Adrian Ungur ROU vs David Nalbandian ARG
Frank Dancevic CAN vs Martin Klizan SVK
Nicolas Mahut FRA vs Andy Roddick USA (26)

Radek Stepanek CZE (23) vs Qualy
Arnaud Clement FRA vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. RUS
Karol Beck SVK vs Lukasz Kubot POL
Qualy vs Feliciano Lopez ESP (15)

Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (9) vs Albert Montanes ESP
Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA vs Vasek Pospisil CAN
Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP vs Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy FRA
Qualy vs Marin Cilic CRO (21)

Kevin Anderson RSA (31) vs Rui Machado POR
Eric Prodon FRA vs Qualy
Michael Llodra FRA vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP
Dudi Sela ISR vs Tomas Berdych CZE (7)

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David Ferrer ESP (6) vs Lukas Lacko SVK
Benoit Paire FRA vs Albert Ramos ESP
Ivan Dodig CRO vs Robin Haase NED
James Blake USA vs Mikhail Youzhny RUS (27)

Marcel Granollers ESP (20) vs Qualy
Malek Jaziri TUN vs Philipp Petzschner GER
Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA vs Bjorn Phau GER
Qualy vs John Isner USA (10)

Alexandr Dolgopolov UKR (16) vs Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR
Filippo Volandri ITA vs Qualy
Donald Young USA vs Grigor DiMitrov BUL
Qualy vs Richard Gasquet FRA (17)

Bernard Tomic AUS (25) vs Qualy
Santiago Giraldo COL vs Alejandro Falla COL
Jarkko Nieminen FIN vs Igor Andreev RUS
Tatsuma Ito JPN vs Andy Murray GBR (4)

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Janko Tipsarevic SRB (8) vs Sam Querrey USA
Jeremy Chardy FRA vs Yen-Hsun Lu TPE
Dmitry Tursunov RUS vs Go Soeda JPN
Qualy vs Julien Benneteau FRA (29)

Philipp Kohlschreiber GER (24) vs Matthew Ebden AUS
Olivier Rochus BEL vs Leonardo Mayer ARG
Juan Ignacio Chela ARG vs Marcos Baghdatis CYP
Paolo Lorenzi ITA vs Nicolas Almagro ESP (12)

Juan Monaco ARG (13) vs Guillaume Rufin FRA
Lukas Rosol CZE vs Carlos Berlocq ARG
Qualy vs Benjamin Becker GER
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo ESP vs Milos Raonic CAN (19)

Florian Mayer GER (32) vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver ESP
Qualy vs Ivo Karlovic CRO
Igor Kunitsyn RUS vs Denis Istomin UZB
Simone Bolelli ITA vs Rafael Nadal ESP (2)

[getta]

Tuesday OoP

COURT 7

Matches at 11:00 AM
Lucie Hradecka(CZE) vs. Julia Goerges(GER)[25] - WTA

followed by
Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL) vs. Yanina Wickmayer(BEL) - WTA

followed by
Paolo Lorenzi(ITA) vs. Nicolas Almagro(ESP)[12]

followed by
Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG) vs. Marcos Baghdatis(CYP)

[christos]

Victory for Marcos, 6-3 6-3 6-1!
Next round against Almagro now

[getta]

i missed the match cuz i've been so busy lately, but i'm so happy for Marcos.

[getta]

from Marcos' official site:

baghdatis.com/articles/view/marcos-powers-past-chela

Marcos Powers Past Chela

Tuesday, 29 May, 2012


Photo: Getty Images

Marcos powered into the second round of Roland Garros on Tuesday evening in Paris as he dismissed Argentina’s Juan Ignacio Chela 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.

Marcos fired eight aces and hit more than double the amount of winners as Chela, with a total of 31 to just 19 unforced errors. He converted five of his eight break point chances to set a second-round clash with Spain’s Nicolas Almagro.

Marcos is through to the second round at the clay-court Grand Slam for the fifth time in eight visits. He faces a challenging match against the 12th-seeded Almagro on Thursday. The Spaniard is a two-time quarter-finalist at Roland Garros and warmed up for the major by winning his second title of the year in Nice last week.

Stay tuned to www.baghdatis.com for all the latest news from Paris.

Go, Marcos!

[getta]

Thursday OoP

COURT 2

Matches at 11:00 AM
Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[16] vs. Klara Zakopalova(CZE)- WTA

followed by
Marcos Baghdatis(CYP) vs. Nicolas Almagro(ESP)[12]

followed by
Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)[8] vs. Jeremy Chardy(FRA)

followed by
Heather Watson(GBR) vs. Julia Goerges(GER)[25] - WTA

[cree]

Now this is gonna be tough! Ella file!!

[christos]

Marcos lost to Almagro in straight sets, but he played well. He deserved at least, to get a set there

[Michael]

Dr Igor finished
Rolland Garros finished
Grass season is coming
Wimbledon is coming
Wedding is coming
Olympics are coming

Good Luck Markos for the grass season & best wishes
(good performance at Rolland Garros)