Rotterdam Tournament: Cypriot Baghdatis advances to second round

Cypriot tennis player Marcos Baghdatis has qualified for the second round of the Rotterdam tennis tournament in the Netherlands, after a victory over American James Blake with 2-0 sets (6-4,6-2).

This is the first game between the two tennis players.

Bagdatis, 36-seated, will play against Nikolay Davydenko, 6-seated, in his next game.