Marcos Baghdatis

[kuniochi]

A couple of weeks ago our team played a match against Cyprus for Davis cup. I was really surprised of disrespectful behavior of Marcos. He came with deserved self-confidence but after his team begins to lose the match he starts to behave provocatively with the crowd. During the last game, which our team won and continue in the next round ;D, Marcos' brother cause a quarrel between our first racket and a member of the Cyprus team and even hit our player! We were speechless. After all, Marcos blame the crowd for the loss.

[avalon]

. Sorry to hear. I watched him in at the AO and he had the whole crowd going for him. Although he acted in a sportsman like way, some of his supporters didn't. He said this was due to the fact they were following him because he was a Cypriot and not because they were tennis fans - they didn't understand the rules [ie cheering when someone lost a point]. I hope this is a one off.

[LaFFy TaFFy]

yeah he was great at AO, his supporter were abit full on, but they were funny also. Not good to hear what happened though

[nicole1224]

anushka said:

yeah he was great at AO, his supporter were abit full on, but they were funny also. Not good to hear what happened though

i agree. it surprises me that marcos did that. he seems like a nice guy. that's so crazy

[Annie]

wow that comes as a shock

[kuniochi]

Believe me, I was shocked too. But we were supporting our team. He couldn't expert to support him. He won his 2 games and show us really good tennis. I was really happy, because our country is so small and "anonymous" in men tennis, the presence of players like Marcus is a holiday. But their second racket played really bad. We won the doubles in a spectacular match. ;D I guess that piss off Marcus and his brother. But I can't consider it as an excuse for their behavior. I was really disappointed.

[kittycatnat]

Wow that doesn't sound like Marcos, he acted completely different in AO.
And yeah his supporters are a bit full on lol.