Baghdatis is being hammered by Clement - is Baggy injured???

I don't think so... :shrug:

Crikey all the masters cup contenders seem to be choing under the pressure Robredo lost today, Ljubicic and Blake have been struggling...only Nalby is doing ok

and Roddick's injured....

Baggy's 5-2 down in the second set!!!

Update on Baghdatis: He pulled out the second set, but now trails in the third:

2-6, 7-5, 0-3

He lost :( what is going on with the masters' cup contenders???? Wasn't baggy injured a while back though - could that have sth to do with it?

Gasquet Looks For First Win Over Clement in SFs

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Fourth-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet (pictured) knocked out 2004 champion and No. 5 seed Robin Soderling of Sweden 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in one hour and 52 minutes for a place in the Lyon semifinals on Friday.

Gasquet will next meet French compatriot Arnaud Clement, who beat Pat Rafter for the title in 2000.

Clement overcame No. 8 Nicolas Almagro of Spain 6-3, 6-2 in 64 minutes. Clement won 31 of 34 points on first serve with ten aces. The Frenchman, who has captured two ATP titles this year in Marseille (d. Ancic) and Washington (d. Murray), broke the Almagro serve three times from four opportunities.

Clement will look to make it three wins out of three in 2006 against Gasquet, the winner of two ATP titles in Nottingham (d. Bjorkman) and Gstaad (d. Lopez) this year.

In the bottom half of the draw, seventh seed and 2004 finalist Xavier Malisse beat American Robby Ginepri 6-4, 6-3 in 79 minutes. Malisse, who has reached two ATP finals this year in Adelaide (l. to Serra) and Delray Beach (l. to Haas), now holds a 31-22 match record.

The Belgian will meet 30-year-old Marc Gicquel, who edged past sixth-seeded French compatriot Sebastien Grosjean 7-5, 1-6, 7-6(5) in two hours and nine minutes. Gicquel, who lost in the Lyon quarterfinals to Gael Monfils last year, is currently enjoying his best season on the ATP circuit with a 16-10 match record.

I dont think anyone has mentioned the tournament in St. Petersburg but we have Ancic and T. Johannson in the final. The biggest suprise was the semi finalists. I doubt anybody here would have heard of them?
And nice to see Johannson in a final once again.

Good point.. The StP open seems to have been largely ignored.

Apparently Ancic's semi final opponent has been mentioned as a star for the future..

Yes, congratulations to Thomas Johansson on making the final. It is his first final this year. I think that he's the holder of the tournament too?

He has a formidable opponent in Mario Ancic though.

I'd like to see Johansson win, but I like both players. It should hopefully be a good match. :ok:

Johnasson takes the 1st set 75

Didn't Ancic win the first set? :huh:

Oops. Yes he did :huh:

Thomas is 5-3 up in the second and 30-15 on serve.. hopefully he can serve this one out.

Is it a best of 3 or best of 5 final?? :shrug:

I spoke too soon!! :doh:

Mario has broken back.. now 5-4 in the second set..

And Mario has won, 7-5,7-6..

Bravo Mario! That will surely boost his chances of making the ye masters..

And commiserations to Thomas.. :(

Well done, Mario. (I picked him to qualify in the 8th spot, in the ATP Master Cup prediction contest. B) )

Gasquet beats Gicquel 63 61

yes :yahoo:

it was a good day all around on the atp, federer ancic and gasquet all won titles this day :clap: