Photo: Ron C. Angle
As he looks to build on his success in Tashkent, Marcos will challenge third-seeded Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero in the first round of the If Stockholm Open on Wednesday.
Marcos has played former World No. 1 Ferrero twice before. The Spaniard won their first meeting in a third-set tie-break at the Estoril Open in 2005, before Marcos exacted revenge on hard court at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris two years later.
Marcos vs. Ferrero: Head-to-Head
The 29-year-old Ferrero has enjoyed a career-reviving season, recovering his South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking from No. 105 on 11th May to its current position of No. 21.
The right-hander snapped a six-year title drought with victory at the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca in April and reached his second ATP World Tour final of the season at the ATP Studena Croatia Open in Umag, where he finished runner-up to Nikolay Davydenko. He excelled during the grass-court season, reaching the Queen’s Club semi-finals before knocking out two top 10 players en route to the Wimbledon quarter-finals, where he lost to Andy Murray.
The match will take place third on Centre Court, with play beginning at 1 p.m. local time (+2rs GMT). Check out the full order of play here.
Point-by-point live scoring of the match is available here.
You can check to see if you have live TV coverage here.
Stay tuned to www.baghdatis.com for the latest news on Marcos’ progress in the Swedish capital.
Go, Marcos!
