Viktor Troicki rallied to overcome our Champion, Marcos Baghdatis in the Kremlin Cup final Sunday, to earn his first career ATP Tour title.
Troicki dropped the first set before rebounding to notch a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory in a battle that lasted nearly two hours. The No. 3 Serbian in the world rankings, Troicki appeared in his third career final. The fourth-seeded Baghdatis, meanwhile, played in his third final of 2010. It was an excellent tournament for our Champion, the world number 19, the highest seed left in the men's draw who also battled for nearly 2-1/2 hours, the day before, beating unseeded Uzbek Denis Istomin 6-4, 6-7, 7-6.
Troicki had lost his only previous meeting with Baghdatis and looked set to lose again when he was broken in the sixth game of an opening set he went on to drop. But the 24-year-old battled back and levelled the contest with a single break in the second before opening up a 4-1 lead in the decider. Baghdatis saved the first match point before Troicki claimed the title with a forehand winner.
The CTF would like to congratulate our Champion and his coaching team for an excellent tournament in Moscow, wishing him all the best for the future.