Marcos Baghdatis

FO Day 5: Fognini wins 9-7 in the fifth over Monfils

Perhaps the most peculiar match of Day 4 was the one between Gael Monfils and Fabio Fognini.  That the match needed to go to an extra day to get finished was a "shame on Gael" situation.  Gael Monfils was winning comfortably, up 2 sets to none.  His athleticism should have been enough to win.  Fognini

Rome: Early Monday Results

Perhaps the most anticipated of the first round match, if you can call a first round "anticipated", was a first round match between Ernests Gulbis and Marcos Baghdatis.  For most players, even players that play in the main draw of a Masters 1000 event, winning a title, possibly 2 in a year, is considered a

Djokovic Upset by Ljubicic

The seeds, they keep a falling.  It was already something of a miracle that Djokovic got this far.  After watching his game spiral out of control in the second set in the previous around against Philipp Kohlschreiber, Djokovic had to scrap to fight off match points, get a break of serve back and eventually win

Fed Upset by Bagy in 3rd round

For about a set and a half, Federer looked like he was in control, at least on his own serve.  When Fed would serve, he'd win quick points usually at 15, and be ready for his opponent.  When Baghdatis was serving, Fed would make errors, as he is wont to do.   Fed then had a

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