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February 11, 2011, Friday
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MARCOS Baghdatis fired nine aces to upset second-seeded Andy Murray 6-4, 6-1 and advance to the second round of the World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Wednesday.
Murray, who was playing his first match since losing the Australian Open final to Novak Djokovic, made a fine start, breaking the Cypriot twice to lead 3-0, but Baghdatis fought back and reeled off four games in a row from 2-4 to take the opening set.
Baghdatis broke the 2009 winner in the fourth game of the second set to take control en route to claiming the win in 61 minutes.
Baghdatis next plays Spaniard Feliciano Lopez who dismissed Florian Mayer 6-3, 6-4.
Earlier, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rallied from a set down to beat fellow Frenchman and 2008 winner Michael Llodra 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
In a tight match that saw just one service break in each set, the eighth-seeded Tsonga served nine of his 15 aces in the decisive third set at Rotterdam's Ahoy Stadium.
"Michael is one of the best players on this surface," Tsonga said.
Tsonga next meets either No. 4 Tomas Berdych or Russian qualifier Dmitry Tursunov.
In the day's other second-round match, Croatia's Marin Cilic upset fifth-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-2, 6-4.
In San Jose, California, Canadian Milos Raonic continued his impressive early-season form by beating former world No. 4 James Blake in straight sets in their second-round clash at the San Jose Open on Wednesday.
The confident, big serving 20-year-old showed his mettle in a 6-2, 7-6 (4) triumph to set up a quarterfinal against Lithuanian Richard Berankis, who defeated American Donald Young 6-4, 5-7, 7-5.
"I'm playing well, I'm playing confident and doing the things I need to do," Raonic told reporters.
"Serving well, taking care of my serve and putting pressure on return games. Everything's coming together."
Defending champion and top-seeded Fernando Verdasco advanced past American Rajeev Ram in an easy 6-3, 6-2 first-round rout.
Second-seeded Gael Monfils also made in through the first round thanks to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Bradley Klahn.
Home favorite
In the day's other first-round action, big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic knocked off home favorite Ryan Sweeting 6-4, 6-4 while American Robert Kendrick topped Russian Igor Kunitsyn 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.
In Costa do Sauipe, Brazil, second-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain was knocked out in the second round of the Brazil Open by Ricardo Mello of Brazil, losing 3-6, 3-6 on Wednesday.
It was Montanes' first match in the claycourt tournament after receiving a bye into the second round.
Sixth-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain, who won the Movistar Open on Sunday in Chile, was also bounced out as countryman Pablo Andujar won 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.
Other seeded players had better luck.
Top-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain defeated Joao Souza of Brazil 6-2, 6-2, while No. 3 seed Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil beat Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 6-4, 7-5, and No. 4 seed Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine downed Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 7-5, 6-4.
Murray, who was playing his first match since losing the Australian Open final to Novak Djokovic, made a fine start, breaking the Cypriot twice to lead 3-0, but Baghdatis fought back and reeled off four games in a row from 2-4 to take the opening set.
Baghdatis broke the 2009 winner in the fourth game of the second set to take control en route to claiming the win in 61 minutes.
Baghdatis next plays Spaniard Feliciano Lopez who dismissed Florian Mayer 6-3, 6-4.
Earlier, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rallied from a set down to beat fellow Frenchman and 2008 winner Michael Llodra 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
In a tight match that saw just one service break in each set, the eighth-seeded Tsonga served nine of his 15 aces in the decisive third set at Rotterdam's Ahoy Stadium.
"Michael is one of the best players on this surface," Tsonga said.
Tsonga next meets either No. 4 Tomas Berdych or Russian qualifier Dmitry Tursunov.
In the day's other second-round match, Croatia's Marin Cilic upset fifth-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-2, 6-4.
In San Jose, California, Canadian Milos Raonic continued his impressive early-season form by beating former world No. 4 James Blake in straight sets in their second-round clash at the San Jose Open on Wednesday.
The confident, big serving 20-year-old showed his mettle in a 6-2, 7-6 (4) triumph to set up a quarterfinal against Lithuanian Richard Berankis, who defeated American Donald Young 6-4, 5-7, 7-5.
"I'm playing well, I'm playing confident and doing the things I need to do," Raonic told reporters.
"Serving well, taking care of my serve and putting pressure on return games. Everything's coming together."
Defending champion and top-seeded Fernando Verdasco advanced past American Rajeev Ram in an easy 6-3, 6-2 first-round rout.
Second-seeded Gael Monfils also made in through the first round thanks to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Bradley Klahn.
Home favorite
In the day's other first-round action, big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic knocked off home favorite Ryan Sweeting 6-4, 6-4 while American Robert Kendrick topped Russian Igor Kunitsyn 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.
In Costa do Sauipe, Brazil, second-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain was knocked out in the second round of the Brazil Open by Ricardo Mello of Brazil, losing 3-6, 3-6 on Wednesday.
It was Montanes' first match in the claycourt tournament after receiving a bye into the second round.
Sixth-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain, who won the Movistar Open on Sunday in Chile, was also bounced out as countryman Pablo Andujar won 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.
Other seeded players had better luck.
Top-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain defeated Joao Souza of Brazil 6-2, 6-2, while No. 3 seed Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil beat Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 6-4, 7-5, and No. 4 seed Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine downed Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 7-5, 6-4.
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