Our Champion Marcos Baghdatis, looking much more solid, confident and stronger than last week at Kooyong, out-performed Julien Benneteau of France, in the first round of this year´s Grand Slam of Australia, in three straight sets, 6-3, 7-6, 6-2.
Marcos victory is considered as being extremely important, as it was the first best-of-five match our Champion played, since the mid of last year, when he was first troubled by injuries. Baghdatis showed that he is ready to fight here at the Aussie Open and perform at his best for the rest of the matches that follow.
The so-called "souvlaki" crowd was back in business, cheering for our Champion and as they said, they are ready to follow and support Marcos in the next match coming, against no. 16 seed, R. Soderling, on Wednesday!
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