Blake exits, Baghdatis advances at Pilot Pen

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08/26/2010 - New Haven, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two-time champion James Blake was a second-round loser, while top-seeded Marcos Baghdatis was a third-round winner Wednesday at the $750,000 Pilot Pen Tennis event, a final hardcourt U.S. Open tune-up.

The Cypriot Baghdatis, a former Aussie Open runner-up and finalist at the U.S. Open Series event in Washington, D.C. three weeks ago, dropped the first set to 14th-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina, but rallied to win 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Seventh-seeded rising Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov dismissed the wild card Blake in 6-4, 6-2 fashion at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale in a match that was suspended because of rain here on Tuesday night. The struggling former top-five star Blake, who grew up in nearby Fairfield, captured New Haven titles in 2005 and 2007.

Dolgopolov also had to play his third-round match on Wednesday, but fell to 10th-seeded Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-1), 6-2.

Mild third-round upsets came when Russian qualifier Teymuraz Gabashvili grounded fifth-seeded Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (9-7) and 12th-seeded Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker drove out eighth-seeded German Florian Mayer 6-7 (2-7), 6-1, 7-5. Lastly, Radek Stepnaek of the Czech Republic downed 16th-seeded Romanian Victor Hanescu 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (4-7), 6-4.

In other third-round play, 15th-seeded Uzbekistanian Denis Istomin held off Slovakian Lukas Lacko 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 and Russian Evgeny Korolev topped Ukrainian Illya Marchenko 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.

Stakhovsky reached the third round with a 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-1) come-from- behind victory over Aussie Peter Luczak, while another second-round result saw Troicki handle Finnish veteran Jarkko Nieminen 7-5, 6-3.

The final third-round match between sixth-seeded Tommy Roberdo and ninth- seeded Sergiy Stakhovsky was suspended due to rain with the first set tied 6-6.

The 2010 Pilot Pen champion will collect $93,630.

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