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Will Marcos Baghdatis be able to continue his steak into the top 10 or was his performance in Australia just a fluke? How far will he go within the year?
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J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:43 am Post subject:

marcos is my new favorite player. i voted that he would be in the top 20. if he continues to play like he did at AO then he might even be top 10
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beachjm · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:48 am Post subject:

I really don't see Baghdatis being a fluke. Federer exposed him a bit the past 2 sets of the final, but this guy has a ton of game. He plays a well rounded style and has some nice pop on his serve and forehand. The backhand is pretty solid too. But most important (like Nadal) he's mentally tough. He won 3 tough 5 setters Down Under and didn't fold at all in the beginning to Federer. A lot of 1st time GS finalists just can't deal with the pressure. This guy seems to love the spotlight and not shy away from it. He might not reach the top 10 this year (depends how he does on clay and some other surfaces) but I think he has a very, very bright future ahead of him.

J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:27 am Post subject:

i agree. he has it all it almost seems. but we will have to see how he does on clay (which i think he will have pretty good results on) and grass.
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dav6789 · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:55 am Post subject:

He is 27 in the world now, so I think he will get to the top 20. After that, I dont really know... he is young so he has the chance, but somehow I dont see him winning slams or dominating...

J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:22 pm Post subject:

i think he could win at least one slam in his carrer
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dav6789 · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:24 pm Post subject:

If he did, it would be on hard courts, probably in Melbourne.

J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:47 pm Post subject:

yes there is a good chance of that. the things as long as federer is healthy and playing well he can't win. but once federer is done and baghdatis is healty and ready he could capture AO
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x.doublea · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:16 pm Post subject:

Not necessarily. Baghdatis made a great run this year and I he can only get better, and he has already created trouble for Federer, who's level, I feel, isn't as high as it was the past two years. I think for this generation, Safin is the best rebound ace players, but Federer's a favourite on any surface.
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J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject:

you know i think federer's level of play has fallen alittle bit. but i really think this is do because players are rising their playing level. thus causing federer to have trouble against other players
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x.doublea · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:45 pm Post subject:

Federer has too many mental lapses in the middle of matches. If he didn't have this, he would have played much shorter matches against Baghdatis, Davydenko, and Haas (and even Kiefer).
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J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject:

the mental lappes thing brought something to mind. when i was watching bahgdatis in some matches he would drop a set like 6-0 or 6-1. did he do this to conserve energy for the next set that really counted???
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x.doublea · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:53 pm Post subject:

Perhaps...I think that he was just tired in those sets and had a little renaissance in the next set. Unfortunately, the renaissance didn't come in the final.
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J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject:

yeah i think in the final he was just to tired and when he tried to rest and dropped the 3 set it give federer alot of condidence to just blow him away in the 4 set
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x.doublea · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:28 pm Post subject:

Baghdatis was quite unlucky in the second set. He had opportunity to get a break ahead of Federer for a second time in the set but Federer saved it. If he had broken, he would have been up two sets to love.

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