Baghdadis beats Berdych in Cincinnati Masters

 Cypriot tennis player Marcos Baghdadis recorded his second Top 10 win in three weeks on Thursday in ATP Cincinnati Masters, as he defeated World No. 7 Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-4, to reach the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters.

Baghdadis also defeated a Top 10 player two weeks ago in Washington, where he ousted the No. 10-ranked Fernando Verdasco en route to the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

This is the first time since Paris in 2007 that he has reached the quarter-finals or better at an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, the ATP’s elite level of events.

Next up for Baghdadis will be a meeting with World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, who saved a match point as he toughed out a 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-2 win over France’s Julien Benneteau.