[guide.chat] Tennis to take place today

From: "Carol O'Connor" <missbossyboots33@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "guide chat" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:17:54 +0100

Andy Murray is refusing to look beyond his Wimbledon third-round match with 
Marcos Baghdatis after seeing Rafael Nadal knocked out by Lukas Rosol. 
Nadal, who has beaten Murray in the last two semi-finals and could have met him 
there again this year,  by the world number 100 in round two. 
"It is completely irrelevant to me unless I reach the semi-finals," said 
Murray, who is third on Centre Court. 
Murray game impresses Baghdatis
"I've got a guy who's been in a Grand Slam final next so that's my focus." 
Baghdatis reached the Australian Open final in 2006, the same year he  en route 
to the last four of Wimbledon. 
That was their only previous match on grass and the career head-to-head now 
stands at 3-3, although Murray has won the last two. 
The fourth seed is the highest-ranked player left in the bottom half of the 
draw but he is aware of the threat posed by world number 43 Baghdatis. 
"The draw has opened up for Philipp Kohlschreiber - who was meant to be playing 
Nadal in the next round - not me," Murray told BBC Sport. 
Murray v Baghdatis analysis. 
Image of Pat Cash Pat Cash Former Wimbledon champion and BBC Sport pundit 
"I don't see it being an upset but if we sit down on Saturday night and say 
'Murray lost to Baghdatis' you wouldn't be totally surprised" 
"I've got a tough opponent in Baghdatis and maybe he will have a performance 
like Rosol, you never know, so you've just got to be ready for each match." 
Baghdatis is coached by Miles Maclagan, who knows Murray well having worked 
with the Scot from late 2007 to July 2010. 
"When I  it was a little bit weird having Miles there," said the British number 
one. 
"But  and felt much more comfortable. Now I wouldn't have thought it would have 
any bearing on the match really." 
Baghdatis beat Albert Montanes in the first round and was leading Grigor 
Dimitrov 7-5 4-1 when the Bulgarian retired in round two. 
The 27-year-old's first appearance on Centre Court this year is against the 
home favourite, but he said: "The crowd here are very nice to all the players 
and I'm looking forward to going back to the big courts. 
Tournament stats so far. 
Murray Baghdatis 
Sets played 
1st serves in 
Double faults 
Return games won 
Unforced errors 
"For sure it's going to be a tough match for me - I'll just go out there, try 
to find a way to win and do my best. 
"He does everything very well. He's a great player - he serves well and has all 
the strokes, but maybe his backhand down the line is the nicest shot. 
Of the Maclagan connection, Baghdatis added: "He knows Andy very much but I 
don't think we'll talk too much about Andy, we'll talk about what I have to do. 
"Everybody knows Andy, everybody knows what he's capable of doing on the court. 
We'll fight and I'll maybe try to be the winner." 
Sixth seed Serena Williams opens play on Centre Court against Zheng Jie at 
13:00 BST, with David Ferrer v Andy Roddick on court before Murray and 
Baghdatis. 
Petra Kvitova, Juan Martin del Potro and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga all play on Court 
One, with Ana Ivanovic, Victoria Azarenka and Marin Cilic - a potential last-16 
opponent for Murray - on Court Two. 
Rosol returns to action when he plays Kohlschreiber in the second match on 
Court 12.
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