Marcos Baghdatis News

Cyprus's national tennis team moved triumphantly into the next round of the Europe/Africa Zone Group II Davis Cup on Sunday after a 3-2 victory over Morocco at the Spryos Kyprianou Arena in Limassol.

The Cyprus national tennis team got a welcome boost ahead of its 2012 Davis Cup tie against Morocco following the return of tennis star Marcos Baghdatis.

I plan on writing more on tennis at a later date, where I will tell you all about Freshmen Brandon Fickey -- and other new additions to the team -- and his reputation for on-court McEnroe-esque outbursts, among other not-negative attributes.

Serena Williams returned to Fed Cup play Saturday, giving the United States a strong lineup for its matchup against Belarus.

Mikhail Youzhny and Lukas Lacko were semifinal winners Saturday and will meet for the title at the Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament.

Lukas Lacko of Slovakia beat seventh-seeded Robin Haase of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-4 to reach the semifinals of the Zagreb Indoors on Friday.

Marcos Baghdatis breezed into the third round of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tournament on Thursday after beating Lukasz Kubot of Poland 6-4, 6-2. The Cypriot tennis star will now face either Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, who is ranked 77th in the world or home favourite Ivan Dodig who is seeded fourth in the tournament.

Russian second-seed Alex Bogomolov Jr beat wildcard Dino Marcan 6-3 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Zagreb Indoors on Tuesday.

FOR the most storied of rivalries in modern tennis, two of the most poignant moments in the telling of that tale occurred for two players out of Europe's alps and beaches by the banks of a dirty river half a world away.

After the first week, two particular players did not like their time at this year's Australian Open in Melbourne.

STRAIGHT to the pool room of priceless media releases for yesterday's missive from the Bank of Cyprus Australia, headed, ''What's all the racquet?'' Billing itself as Marcos Baghdatis' major Australian sponsor for the Australian Open 2012, the BoCA clearly had some ground to make up on its investment after the world No.

Tennis's legendary hell-raisers gave way long ago to on-court politeness and gentlemanly behaviour, but the bad boys are back with a vengeance at the Australian Open.

With four more victories, Novak Djokovic can become the fifth man in the Open era to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles.

With quality of play continually being taken to a new level with each new round, the attendance will surely remain steady and possibly continue to break records.

BERNARD Tomic's three magnificent victories in the past week have given substance to the impression he's a grand slam title winner in the making.

Roger Federer battled past Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 7-5, 6-3 here today and then revealed he has to bottle up his emotions on court to ensure the remains the ultimate "role model" . The first week of the Australian Open has seen rows between players and umpires over bad calls while Marcos Baghdatis destroyed four rackets in just 25 seconds during a change ... (more)

It was Proverbs 29:11 that the world's second largest-selling tennis magazine chose to begin its most recent feature on anger in the sport: ''A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.'' It took the Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis seven calm blows to destroy his first racquet at the Australian Open this week.

David Nalbandian argues with the Australian Open supervisor, Andreas Egli, during his second-round defeat to John Isner.

YACHT OF THE WEEK: This Award-Winning $29 Million Expedition Yacht Will Get You To The North Pole And Back Marcos Baghdatis lost his mind and broke four tennis racquets in 60 seconds at the Australian Open two nights ago.

SERENA Williams says Marcos Baghdatis has the wow factor after his on-court rage at the Australian Open during which he smashed four rackets.