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In his 7th participation in Dubai Tennis ChampionshipsMarkos Pagdatis scored a great 2-0 set win over No. 5 Viktor Troitsky and booked his ticket to the 2nd round of the ATP WorldTour 500 tournaments!
The Cypriot champion played much better than Viktor Troitsky and prevailed 7-6(2), 6-2 against the Serb, No. 5 in the table, qualifying for the “16” of the ATP 500 tournament.
The world No. 57 was more aggressive, more determined and more efficient than his opponent, cruising to victory in 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Troitsky started the match better and taking advantage of some early mistakes by Marcos, took a 3-1 game lead.
Pagdatis did not allow his opponent to escape the score and immediately took back the break (3-3) while he was far superior in the tie break, taking the lead in the score.
More aggressive and more consistent in the 2nd set, the 30-year-old Cypriot won all the points behind his first serve while losing just four in the 2nd, completely dominating Troitsky.
With two breaks in the service of the No22 ranked, the Cypriot completed his victory and sealed the date with Vasek Pospisil in the 2nd round, after the Canadian’s victory earlier with 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 over Lucas Puig .
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