Photo: Mike Baz
Marcos is through to the quarter-finals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic after beating the rain and Illya Marchenko on Thursday. After a lengthy delay to the start of the match due to heavy rain, Marcos needed three sets to defeat his Ukrainian opponent 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3.
Marcos only lost serve once in the pair’s first meeting, saving the other three break points he faced, and capitalised on three of the 11 break points he created on Marchenko’s serve to prevail in two hours and 39 minutes.
Next up is third-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, who dismissed American qualifier Ryan Sweeting 6-4, 7-5. World No. 10 Verdasco is through to his eighth ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season. He has won two titles in San Jose and Barcelona and also reached the finals in Monte-Carlo and Nice. It will be the first time that Marcos has played the 26-year-old Madrid native.
The match is scheduled to take place second on Stadium, beginning not before 2:15pm local time (7:15pm UK, 9:15pm Cyprus). Marcos’ doubles quarter-final with Stan Wawrinka never made it onto court yesterday, due to the rain, so that has been rescheduled for a not-before-4:30pm start on Grandstand.
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Go, Marcos!
