greekprince
Jun 28 2006, 06:56 PM
Baghdatis is playing today at Wimbledon. It's Day 3 but it is his first round match because the first day was basically rained out.
His first match is at 12 pm London time
Round 1
Alan Mackin (GBR) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)[18]
PAOKARA
Jun 28 2006, 07:30 PM
He should demolish this guy.
The only Slams that Mackin has ever played is Wimbledon 3 times, and hes gone out 1st round each time.
PAOKARA
Jun 29 2006, 01:21 AM
hes down 2 sets to 1, down a break in the 4th
PAOKARA
Jun 29 2006, 01:26 AM
he broke back
PAOKARA
Jun 29 2006, 02:55 AM
Marko won in 5 sets
Pyrgos
Jun 29 2006, 12:15 PM

etsi bravo re marko
greekprince
Jun 29 2006, 09:32 PM
He plays today again because his game yesterday was delayed from Tuesday. Wonder how he will go having to play the day after a playing five sets. I heard it was a awesome match and had it all.
greekprince
Jun 30 2006, 12:28 AM
Baghdatis is thru to the third round after his opponent retired injured i think in the first set.
Third round Wimbledon well done
PAOKARA
Jun 30 2006, 01:51 AM
exacly what he would have wanted, he will have a good rest now before his third round match, unlike the others who are playing a match a day.
greekprince
Jul 2 2006, 12:16 PM
Markos is thru to the 4th round of Wimbledon. He beat the 15th seed Grosjean.
Shorty
Jul 2 2006, 01:00 PM
yey. whens his next match? i hope theys how it on tv. i was annoyed that last night they stopped showing nadal v agasi just cos hewitt was going to play. havent they ever heard of tape and play later
greekprince
Jul 2 2006, 02:16 PM
The match is tomorrow night our time. It is on Centre court. The problem is, Hewitt will be on court one and his match is at 1pm local time. This is the same time as the womens match on centre court. If Hewitts match is long expect them not to show the start of the Baghdatis match.
The Baghdatis match will be good because it is on Centre court and against a British guy.
IF BAGHDATIS WINS AND HEWITT WINS THEN IT WILL BE BAGHDATIS V HEWITT IN THE QUARTER FINAL ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT!!!
Shorty
Jul 2 2006, 07:53 PM
oh geez. i hope they do show it. should be good. i hate hewitt tho.
greekprince
Jul 3 2006, 12:58 PM
"I have two countries behind me. I mean, Cyprus and Greece, for me, it's the same thing. It's not one country but it's the same thing," said the 21-year-old from Limassol. "I have Greek blood in me. So it's great having them around and giving me so much support and love. It's been fun since I'm playing good. I have so many people behind me giving me support."
How Baghdatis fought his way from rock bottom to live his dream
Eleanor Preston at Wimbledon
Monday July 3, 2006
The Guardian
If Andy Murray feels the pressure of becoming the nation's focus this afternoon he can console himself that his opponent Marcos Baghdatis is shouldering similar weighty expectations.
"I have two countries behind me. I mean, Cyprus and Greece, for me, it's the same thing. It's not one country but it's the same thing," said the 21-year-old from Limassol. "I have Greek blood in me. So it's great having them around and giving me so much support and love. It's been fun since I'm playing good. I have so many people behind me giving me support."
Baghdatis has been playing good, as he puts it, since the start of this year, when he came into the Australian Open ranked 54 in the world and came out of it a narrow runner-up to Roger Federer. Baghdatis' route to the final involved wins over the top-10 players David Nalbandian, Andy Roddick and Ivan Ljubicic and was played out to a soundtrack of relentless singing from thousands of supporters in the stands, thanks to Melbourne's large Greek and Cypriot population.
Around 2,000 people came to greet him at Larnaca Airport on his return home and the streets of Limassol were packed with Cypriots desperate to see him but Baghdatis admits he is still haunted by the one thing he did not manage to do in Australia - beat Federer in the final. "It was a bitter loss. I have some chances, I still have some regrets. I sleep about it and I dream about it sometimes, so that's tough," said Baghdatis. "I saw the match one more time on tape after the final. It was a bad night. I woke up the next morning and I wasn't feeling so good."
It is a measure of Baghdatis' ambition that he is still kicking himself after losing to one of the greatest players the world has ever seen but, despite his genial personality, he has a rare drive, largely borne of his struggle to get his career off the ground.
Facilities in Cyprus were so poor that his parents squirrelled away the slim profits from the clothing shops they owned to send him to the Patrick Mouratoglou Academy in Paris at the age of 14. He roomed with a French family, going for years without seeing his brothers or his parents.
"Kids my age weren't speaking English at the academy, so what I did was write songs, write stories, write my days and then I started having some friends and life got easier," said Baghdatis. After winning a junior grand slam title and reaching world No1 at that level, he spent years slogging his way up through the lower ranks of the professional tour, an arduous journey made without the aid of wild cards or funding available to contemporaries like Murray. "I had to fight my way in but it's life," said Baghdatis. "Maybe some people think it's easy but I can tell you it's not, even for people that do get wild cards. You have to go through a lot of sacrifices. We are all winning our lives."
It could be argued that both Baghdatis and Murray have already done that by getting to the fourth round of the world's biggest tournament. It will not be enough for them, however, nor for the millions watching at home.
greekprince
Jul 3 2006, 10:09 PM
Baghdatis has to win today. If he does, then that means quarter final of Wimbledon. He has a good chance to get thru!!
This will set up the Baghdatis Hewitt Quarter final on Wednesday night.
Shorty
Jul 3 2006, 10:55 PM
isnt it quater finals now? on the diagram in the newspaper thats what it said.
Shorty
Jul 3 2006, 10:56 PM
hwitt is playing right now. i really dont like him, but by the looks of it, its going to be a long match. unless things speed up.
greekprince
Jul 3 2006, 11:48 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/go here to listen to it live. they are playing now.
Baghdatis leading 4 - 1 in the first set
Mega Koukla
Jul 4 2006, 09:37 AM
Marcos won 6-3 6-4 7-6
He playes that zon Hewitt in the quarters tommorow.
MARCOS MARCOS SAGAPO, RE BAGHDATIS EEEEEOOOOOOOEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
MADWOG
Jul 4 2006, 03:49 PM
Shorty
Jul 4 2006, 05:20 PM
well at least we know their gonna show the match now, since zon (thanks mega

) hewitt is playing. i hope marcos kicks his ass!!!
greekprince
Jul 4 2006, 06:12 PM
Hope lots of fans go to the match. I didnt see any there yesterday it was all GOOKY looking god save the queen poms!!!!
MADWOG
Jul 5 2006, 05:42 PM
This Article is from
Wimbledon-Baghdatis heads for Hewitt reality check
Lleyton Hewitt will be on high alert when he faces grasscourt rookie Marcos Baghdatis in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
The talented Cypriot burst into the limelight in January when he reached the Australian Open final, claiming the scalps of Andy Roddick and David Nalbandian before being humbled by Roger Federer.
Despite proving his credentials on hard courts, he was an unknown quantity on grass until last month.
Baghdatis had never won a match on the slick surface before his run to the semi-finals in Den Bosch, in the week before Wimbledon started, and he is now eyeing an even bigger prize at the All England Club.
"After Melbourne, I had a lot of doubts in my head," said the 18th seed, who has not reached a final since flying out of Melbourne.
"Was I there because I deserved it or because it was just one time? A lot of things went through my mind.
"But since Rosmalen, I started to feel better on the court. Here I am today in the quarters in Wimbledon. So I feel quite confident."
Australia's Hewitt, the only former champion left in the men's draw along with Federer, is favourite to meet the Swiss in Sunday's final after the shock exit of twice runner-up Roddick in the third round.
AUSTRALIAN ODYSSEY
But he knows that Baghdatis is capable of derailing his progress.
"Everyone's been put on notice of the kind of talent and flair that he possesses out there when he plays at his best," said the Australian sixth seed.
"He moves well from the back of the court and all around the court. He wants to try and dictate play on his terms as well.
"He's capable of producing those big shots when he wants to.
"That's obviously something that he did extremely well in Melbourne for two weeks. He came through a lot of tough situations in tough matches... so that's something I've got to be wary of. It won't be an easy one."
Baghdatis's incredible odyssey in Australia captured the imagination of tennis fans the world over, drawing huge support from Melbourne's large Greek community and putting his homeland of Cyprus on the tennis map.
Although his following in England has been more sedate, Baghdatis has proved to be just as ruthless on court.
He dispatched twice semi-finalist Sebastien Grosjean in the third round before eliminating Andy Murray in straight sets to end British interest in the championships.
Hewitt believes his experience at Wimbledon, where is aiming to reach the semis for the third time, will tip the contest in his favour.
Should he succeed, he is relishing the prospect of a possible last-four showdown against double French Open champion Rafael Nadal, who takes on Finn Jarkko Nieminen on Wednesday.
"I'm expecting Nadal to make the semis, Nadal on grass is a class player. He's a great player on any surface," said Hewitt.
JIMMYJUMP
Jul 5 2006, 09:46 PM
I hope Baghdatis beats the surfie skate board zinc cream sniffing cunt and then gives him the Grek mountza for a handshake
Minimalistix
Jul 6 2006, 07:23 AM
source:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=107802Hewitt blown out of Wimbledon
Lleyton Hewitt has been knocked out of Wimbledon by Marcos Baghdatis in four sets in the quarter-finals.
Baghdatis, who thrilled Australian audiences with his run to the final of this year's Australian Open, dominated in the first set and withstood a Hewitt comeback to win 6-1 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 6-2.
Baghdatis will now play the winner of the Rafael Nadal-Jarkko Nieminen quarter-final, which was cancelled on Wednesday due to fixture congestion and will now be played on Thursday.
"I was a bit tight in the second set but I got through it, got past it and I am very happy," Baghdatis said.
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"It's amazing for me, and amazing for my parents."
Baghdatis' dominance in the opening set was staggering, racing to a 5-0 lead after just 19 minutes, with the Cypriot's serve working superbly.
After he won the first set, he did not let up, going up two breaks in the second set.
The record books were being dusted off to see when Hewitt last suffered such a humiliation.
For the record, his heaviest ever defeat in a grand-slam tournament was the 2004 US Open quarter-final when he took just six games off Roger Federer.
But Hewitt has not achieved so much in his career without a reservoir of spirit, and he broke back twice, with the second bringing his first trademark 'come on!' after a subdued start.
He then broke again in the last game to level the match at a set all.
A lesser man may have flagged, but Baghdatis broke in the opening game of the third with the set eventually going to a tiebreak, which the Cypriot won at the second opportunity with a rocket backhand serve return.
Amid the gathering gloom on centre court, Baghdatis made the break in the fourth game of the fourth set and never released his grip, ending the match with another break.
He will hold a good advantage over Nadal, with an extra day's rest before Friday's semi-final.
Baghdatis is on course for another final against Roger Federer, whom he played in the Australian Open final, after the Swiss won through in straight sets over Mario Ancic.
Meanwhile, Australian Todd Perry and partner Simon Aspelin came out on the wrong end of the longest match in Wimbledon history when they lost to Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor 5-7 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 23-21 in six hours and nine minutes.
The previous longest match was 5 hours and 28 minutes.
Mega Koukla
Jul 6 2006, 09:06 AM
Ton gamise ton Lleyton
WELL DONE MARCOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ferte mas ton Roger apo tora, apo tora apo toooorrrraaaaa! LOL
greekprince
Jul 6 2006, 09:10 AM
I watched it, great match.
Poniroula
Jul 6 2006, 09:15 AM
Well done Marcos!!!!!!! I stayed up all night watching all the tennis matches.. i wanna see federer vs Baghdatis again
Poniroula
Jul 6 2006, 09:31 AM
Another good match by Federer won 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in one hour 46 minutes with two long breaks because of rain.
Good on ya Federer!!!!!!!!!!!!
k0ukz23Q
Jul 6 2006, 09:43 AM
Louky
Jul 6 2006, 10:01 AM
Marcos Baghdatis beat Lleyton Hewitt 6-1 5-7 7-6 6-2 at Wimbledon.
Hewitt sometimes gets very aggressive and he shows it when he doesnt have it his way.
at one ocassin when he was losing, he once threw teh tennis raquet down and as a result the raquest hit him in the face, he copped one hard!!
bagdatis doesnt blow his fuse as much as hewitt..
It was pretty much a leveled game the second second and at one stage marcos was losing by two sets.
The Australian Open Runner up defeated former champion hewitt to secure his spot in the next round of wimbledon
well done marcos
Otis
Jul 6 2006, 10:35 AM
awesome!
can't stand hewitt and would love to see baghdatis win a grand slam title...
ROFL @ the racquet hitting hewitt in the face, brilliant!
Vicky
Jul 6 2006, 01:48 PM
He is excellent really young and very talented, ftou tou na mhn ton matiasw...
I hope he has what it takes to win a grand slam, but federer is not going to be easy, although having played him in a final he knows his style etc it will be a good watch..
he is just so damn cute too
PAOKARA
Jul 6 2006, 06:32 PM
Good win, he did not let Hewitt get into the match, as his Forehand was not missing, IMO his forehand is in the top 3 in the game today.
When Marcos lost the second i must admit i got a bit worried, as i thought Lleyton had him figured out, as he was hitting deep into the Baghdatis forehand and doing his usual grinding from the back of the court.
But in general Baghdatis was just too good for him, he was serving well also. Hewitt just dont have the serve on him to challange anymore.
greekprince
Jul 6 2006, 06:46 PM
Baghdatis has to be careful on his service game, he was serving fantastically at times then one set it totally dropped off. The first point on his service game often went to Hewitt and the match was hard to watch cos Baghdatis had to fight back in a lot of games. That shows how good Baghdatis is.
The crowd was a bit dissapointing and not many greeks and cypriots, but I think it's cos they have a ballot system of getting tickets and that means tickets go to mostly the british. Lets hope Nadal loses tonight cos that will mean Baghdatis's best chance of making it to the final.
kingjim
Jul 6 2006, 06:59 PM
QUOTE(greekprince @ Jul 6 2006, 06:46 PM) [snapback]38632[/snapback]
Baghdatis has to be careful on his service game, he was serving fantastically at times then one set it totally dropped off. The first point on his service game often went to Hewitt and the match was hard to watch cos Baghdatis had to fight back in a lot of games. That shows how good Baghdatis is.
The crowd was a bit dissapointing and not many greeks and cypriots, but I think it's cos they have a ballot system of getting tickets and that means tickets go to mostly the british. Lets hope Nadal loses tonight cos that will mean Baghdatis's best chance of making it to the final.
when I went a few years back it was a first come first serve basis ... basically when it gets to the business end of the tournament people are lining up or sleeping out days in advance .... so if any greeks or cypriots wanted to go they just had to make the effort ...
greekprince
Jul 6 2006, 07:41 PM
True
greekprince
Jul 6 2006, 09:22 PM
Baghdatis entered Wimbledon with a career high No. 16 world ranking. On Monday, when the new ATP rankings come out, he will roar into the ATP's top 10.
Shorty
Jul 6 2006, 09:39 PM
Bravo pedi mou. i love him. hes awesome. im so glad he won. i was so sick of waiting for the rain delays i had to go to bed so i could wake up in time for soccer and school. so i didnt get to watch the game, but the highlights looked so good.
im so glad mapa hewitt is gone. i hate him. bleh!
bring on nadal, bring on federa!! there gonna be good matches. i love nadal too, it will be a good match. that is if nadal wins.
Sennitsa
Jul 6 2006, 10:11 PM
Congrats again to Marcos for beating cmon Hewitt.
I couldn't stay up to watch the match.
I hope he goes all the way.
greekprince
Jul 7 2006, 10:38 AM
Baghdatis had never won a match on Grass before and now he is into the Semi's, amazing. Cyprus had never had a player in the top 100 or in any grand slams.
If Baghdatis had self doubt he shouldn't anymore.
Whatever happens he did us all proud and he beat that Cronulla rioter Hewitt!!!!!
Hewitt stick to surfing not tennis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hope baghdatis wins tonight.
Mega Koukla
Jul 7 2006, 01:31 PM
I hope he can beet Nadal so we can see a rematch of Him and Federa in the final.
Ill be up watching for sure.
MARCO OLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MARCO OLEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Minimalistix
Jul 7 2006, 07:43 PM
what time is the game tonight?
MADWOG
Jul 8 2006, 04:37 AM
Congratulations Marcos you have made the Greek and the Cypriot communities proud of your achievements at Wimbledon. Well done and hopefully you can return back to Melbourne in the summer time for the Australian Open.
MARCO OLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MARCO OLEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sennitsa
Jul 8 2006, 12:56 PM
I only saw some of the first set. Marcos tried but couldn't match Nadal.
Congratulations to Marcos for trying.
greekprince
Jul 8 2006, 02:06 PM
Markos in the second set was way better, he played excellent tennis and was running Nadal all over the court. That little girl in the box was going nuts everytime baghdatis won a good point.lol That second set could have easily gong to markos but he stuffed up on the point before set point and that cost him the set. But he did play brilliantly. He can match it with these guys.
Shorty
Jul 8 2006, 06:59 PM
well done to him. he should be proud of his achievements (but not to proud, we dont want him getting cocky) nadal is a hard oponent and i really like him, so i dont mind that he lost to nadal. good stuff tho.
I cant wait to see more of baghdatis, he has a bright future ahead of him if he keeps playing like this.
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