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Baghdatis, Haase, Lacko into 2nd round in Zagreb

Associated Press | Posted on Feb 06, 2013 at 11:39pm IST

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Zagreb: Sixth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis from Cyprus rallied to defeat Germany's Tobias Kamke in the opening round of Zagreb Indoors on Wednesday 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4.

Kamke converted his second set point in the tiebreaker to take the lead, but could not keep up the pressure. Baghdatis won all 29 points on his first serve in the second and third sets.

"I did not expect him to play so good, I was a bit surprised," said Baghdatis, who was the 2007 champion here. "He was very aggressive ... I needed time to adjust."

Baghdatis, Haase, Lacko into 2nd round in Zagreb

Baghdatis rallied to defeat Germany\'s Tobias Kamke in the opening round of Zagreb Indoors on Wednesday 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4.

Robin Haase of the Netherlands also came back from one set down to defeat Croatian wild card Antonio Veic 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. Flavio Cipolla made it to the second round after Lukas Lacko of Slovakia - who reached the final in Zagreb last year - retired at 1-1 in the first set because of a back injury.

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Marcos Baghdatis

Posted on Feb 15, 2013 at 09:24PM IST
Marcos Baghdatis (Greek: Μάρκος Παγδατής, IPA:[ˈmaɾkos paɣðaˈtis]) born June 17, 1985, Limassol is a Cypriot professional tennis player. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimbled ...

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