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Baghdatis Pulls Double Duty to Reach Chengdu Final

Marcos Baghdatis had to win two matches in one day on Saturday at the Chengdu Open but the Cypriot pulled it off and now, he'll earn his reward: a chance to win his first ATP World Tour title since Sydney 2010. The 32-year-old Baghdatis won the final game of his Chengdu quarter-final, beating Chinese Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu 6-3, 6-2 to reach his third semi-final of the season. Later in the day, Baghdatis returned to take on Argentina's Guido Pella, who had not dropped a set all tournament and had upset top seed Dominic Thiem in the second round. But Baghdatis hit 12 aces and lost his serve only once in the final two sets to advance past Pella 5-7, 6-4,...

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