21 Results for marcos baghdatis

Ten burning fall season questions

James Martin, TENNIS.com

...spin among journalists, such as calling the tour "compellingly unpredictable." 8. Biggest surprise of the season? Marcos Baghdatis, who has a reputation for slacking off, has gone back to the minor leagues to revive...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009

Reason No. 7 to watch the U.S. Open

Ravi Ubha, ESPN.com

...barely land a serve at the end of 2007. (Remember Davydenko's clash with a sympathetic Marcos Baghdatis at the Paris Masters? You know, the one in which French chair ump Cedric Mourier gave...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 19, 2009

Indy Tennis Championships just ain't cuttin' it

Peter Bodo

...as if 250-grade events with imbalanced fields (one or two marquee names, struggling former stars -- Marcos Baghdatis is playing Indy -- and a pile of journeymen) are doomed to fail or be ignored. Bastad...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 20, 2009

Not a snowball's chance to win Down Under

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...for only the second time in her career (2005), she'll be poised to bail. 3. Marcos Baghdatis: This guy has emerged as Exhibit A for all the pundits who question the quality of...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2009

Yet another year-end best and worst list -- sort of

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...games, in 1977. Least Improved Male Player: Richard Gasquet, despite a spirited late-season charge by Marcos Baghdatis. Gasquet started out the year at No. 8 and ended at No. 25. Along the way...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2008

French full of fragile favorites

Kamakshi Tandon, TENNIS.com

...he'll be playing. Hewitt has reached the fourth round each of the last two years. Marcos Baghdatis: Recent ankle injury. He missed Miami for unspecfied reasons and has been out since hurting his...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 22, 2008

Plenty of promise, but ...

James Martin, TENNIS.com

...them know that more is expected of them in the new year. Let's start with Marcos Baghdatis. Last year he finished at No. 16, with one singles title to his credit. That's...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 02, 2008

Stocking stuffers

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...around most of last year. James Blake: A mean streak. Tommy Haas: a Grand Slam title. Marcos Baghdatis: A map leading him back to the Top 10. Mirka: A free one-hour consultation with...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 24, 2007

Expect the unexpected

Kamakshi Tandon, TENNIS.com

For a player who can win everywhere, David Nalbandian has spent an awful lot of time not winning anywhere. The stealthy, shark-like Argentine has rea...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2007

Grand Slam efficiency rating

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...Tim Henman (lifetime: 1.98), No. 11 Tommy Robredo (1.96) and former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis (1.92). Granted, Ancic's low ranking is partly due to time away due to injury...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 14, 2007

Proud to be an American

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...4 Nikolay Davydenko and No. 3 Roddick. Here are just some of the potential Montreal matchups: Marcos Baghdatis vs. Carlos Moya; Lleyton Hewitt vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero (the dude really is playing well again...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 06, 2007

Nalbandian's unsurprising decline

Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com

...reached the semis in Melbourne and went up two sets to love against the then-unheralded Marcos Baghdatis. The Argentine was one set from his second major final and a serious step up in...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 26, 2007

The beginning of the end

Kamakshi Tandon, TENNIS.com

...weather. Speaking to Argentine reporters, David Nalbandian described not playing on Sunday as "a great stupidity." Marcos Baghdatis said, "It would be great to play yesterday [Sunday] because, I mean, now we have to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 03, 2007

Young guns

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...ahead of a group of talented young 'uns. (The outstanding class they belong to includes tailspinning Marcos Baghdatis, flighty Tomas Berdych, Richard Gasquet and a guy who often seems to have been sent to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 15, 2007

Changing of the guard

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...wave of contenders is really Rafael Nadal's generation. Djokovic, Murray, Richard Gasquet, Gael Monfils and Marcos Baghdatis are roughly within one year of Nadal, agewise (Nadal is 20). Tomas Berdych, often associated with...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2007