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Date: Jun 23, 2008 11:09
Baghdatis battles into round two
Wimbledon: Monday 23 June to Sunday 6 July
Coverage: BBC TV, BBCi, Radio 5 Live and the BBC Sport website.
Men's 10th seed Marcos Baghdatis moved into the second round of Wimbledon
with a convincing victory over Steve Darcis.
The Cypriot broke once in the first set and twice in the second as he looked
to be cruising past Belgium's Darcis.
After Darcis rallied to take the third set, Baghdatis broke early in the
fourth to win 6-3 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 6-3.
But French Open semi-finalist Gael Monfils, who was due to play Chris
Guccione on Monday, has withdrawn from SW19 with a right shoulder injury.
The 21-year-old Frenchman has been replaced in the singles by Serbia's Ilia
Bozoljac and, in the doubles, Johan Brunstrom of Sweden and Australia's Adam
Feeney come in.
"I'm sad but I know it's the right decision, to withdraw," said Monfils, who
was seeded 30.
"I'm confident in my decision and I'm not worried about it - I know it will
be a couple weeks, but it will be good after that."
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