Be interesting to see Dimitrov v Baghdatis now - Grigor won at Brisbane this year & Munich 2011, Baghdatis was leading 7-5, 4-1 at Wimbledon last year when Dimitrov retired
I didn't see the match but Baghdatis usually likes matches with opponents who leave him the control of the court, and well that's quite what Gasquet's style has tended to become.
Gasquet won't be bothered though : after Montpellier's final, he had said that Marseilles was more his aim than Rotterdam.
Didn't see the match. Everyone seems to be of the opinion that Baghdatis played really well. That said, an early loss was expected from Gasquet. Pretty much every time he goes deep in a tournament he will lose early if he plays the next week.
Baggy was on fire. He was going for his shots and was very competitive in long rallies too. Richie tried to hit the ball harder from forehand wing in the 2d set, but it didn`t help. He could have won with this game against today`s Nieminen, for example, but well... You can`t win that all, still great beginning of the season. If Richie seriously targeting next tournament in Marseille, sincerely he should have never played in Rotterdam even.
You can't ask player to have the same motivation on all the tournaments. Gasquet just won at "home" and will play next week in Marseille. He said to the french media that Rotterdam wasn't important. Maybe he shouldn't have play it.
Moreover Baggy played well, it isn't a bad loss from my point of view.
Da Baghster on a roll. Very convincing performance indeed.
But... as Baggy said himself on the post-match on-court interview, he immediately acknowledged that his performance may well have looked better than it indeed was, as he suspected that Gasquet might have been a bit tired from playing so many matches already in this season, winning two titles in such a short time.
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