Dmitry Tursunov and Marcos Baghdatis will face each other in a blockbuster first-round matchup on Tuesday in St. Petersburg. Adrian Mannarino and Evgeny Donskoy are also in action.
Marcos Baghdatis vs. (4) Dmitry Tursunov
Tursunov and Baghdatis will be squaring off for the fourth time in their careers when they do battle in round one of the St. Petersburg Open on Tuesday. Baghdatis leads the head-to-head series 2-1, and all three of their previous encounters have come on hard courts. They most recently faced each other twice in 2012, with Baghdatis prevailing both times–6-4, 6-4 in Sydney and 6-2, 6-4 during the fall swing in Tokyo. Tursunov’s lone win over the Cypriot came at the 2005 U.S. Open via a 6-4, 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-2 decision.
Current form clearly favors Tursunov, who is 24-15 for the year. The 34th-ranked Russian reached the semifinals in Washington, D.C., qualified in Cincinnati and made…
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