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Baghdatis on to second round despite slow start vs. Spadea

Associated Press

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

LAS VEGAS -- Third-seeded Marcos Baghdatis overcame a slow start Tuesday night to win his Tennis Channel Open first-round match against Vincent Spadea. Despite dropping four of the first five games in the opening set, the 22-year-old Baghdatis, from Cyprus, rallied to take the set in a tiebreaker. He went on to win 7-6 (5), 6-1. Baghdatis, ranked No. 17 in the ATP, used the momentum from the comeback to break Spadea on his first two serves in the second set. He only dropped three games the re ...

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