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Baghdatis, Gabashvili Winners As Rain Wreaks Havoc With Schedule

Paris, France

by ATP Staff

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27.05.2010

Andy Murray© Getty ImagesAndy Murray played one game versus Juan Ignacio Chela before rain interrupted their match on Thursday.

Cypriot No. 25 seed Marcos Baghdatis and Teimuraz Gabashvili have reached the Roland Garros third round, despite heavy rain wreaking havoc with the schedule on Thursday.

Baghdatis, who held a two-sets-to-one advantage over Marcel Granollers of Spain on Wednesday night, required just 32 minutes to wrap-up a 6-2 fourth-set for victory.

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Gabashvili advanced to the third round for the first time when he beat Grega Zemlja of Slovenia 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 in 87 minutes.

Only one doubles match has been completed today. French duo Thierry Ascione and Laurent Recouderc hit six aces to defeat Jamie Delgado and Evgeny Korolev 6-3, 7-5 in 79 minutes.

Play finally got underway on Thursday after a near-five hour delay at 3:30 p.m. local time. Matches were suspended at 5:13 p.m. and again at 7:00 p.m. local time, as rain showers returned to south-west Paris.

Fourth seed Andy Murray and Juan Ignacio Chela, who began their second round match at 8:09 p.m. local time on Wednesday night, are locked 1-1 in the third set. Murray returned to Court 1 on Thursday afternoon leading 30-year-old Chela 6-2, 3-3, before the Argentine hit back to take the second set 7-6(5).

Sixth seed Andy Roddick leads Slovenia’s Blaz Kavcic 6-3, 5-7, 4-3, having hit eight aces and 48 winners after two hours and 10 minutes of play on Court Suzanne Lenglen.

Another American, No. 17 seed John Isner, leads Marco Chiudinelli 6-7(3), 7-6(3), 4-3 on Court 6. Both players have broken serve once. Meanwhile No. 14 seed Ivan Ljubicic leads American Mardy Fish 5-2 on Court 7.

Several singles and doubles matches have been rescheduled to Friday, including four-time former champion Rafael Nadal’s second round clash against Horacio Zeballos of Argentina.

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