Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis and #NextGenATP Croatian Borna Coric explored some Sichuan culinary treats on Monday, during time out from the Chengdu Open. The duo, closely guided by Nelson Ong, the Executive Chef at the St. Regis Chengdu, tried their hands at making traditional Chinese meat dumplings. Coric said, “The chef told us that we were very good for our first time - I doubt it, but if he says so, I believe him! I’m not really a big fan of spicy food, but I don’t mind having this for lunch today.” “At the beginning it was tough,” said former World No. 8 Baghdatis. “I didn’t realise you needed to put some water so that the dough sticks together, but once...
The Winston-Salem Open, 2016 ATP World Tour 250 Tournament of the Year, kicked off on Sunday. In a stacked top quarter of the draw, Marcos Baghdatis moved into the second round following a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Ricardas Berankis. Serbia's Dusan Lajovic dismissed another Cypriot - wild card Petros Chrysochos 6-2, 6-3 - in just 59 minutes, saving both break points while converting on three of his own. Baghdatis will next face 16th seed Jiri Vesely, while Lajovic squares off against top seed and last year's finalist Roberto Bautista Agut. The winners of both encounters will meet in the third round. [ALSO LIKE] In other action, Thiago Monteiro won his second FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting with Alexandr Dolgopolov in less...
Former World No. 8 Marcos Baghdatis endured a fraught end to his Antalya Open quarter-final on Thursday. The Cypriot led 6/1 in the deciding set tie-break, and finally converted his sixth match point opportunity to beat qualifier Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-7(0), 6-3, 7-6(6) in two hours and 43 minutes. Baghdatis is attempting to win his first ATP World Tour title since Sydney in January 2010. He opened the year by reaching the semi-finals in Auckland (l. Sousa). Despite the loss, Ramanathan can be pleased with matching his best result at an ATP World Tour event. The World No. 222 also scored one of the biggest upsets of the year by ousting top seed Dominic Thiem in the second round. Awaiting Baghdatis...
Marcos Baghdatis looks back on his recovery from an ankle injury at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Taipei City. Video courtesy of Santaizi Challenger.
