导出博客文章NEWPORT, R.I. -- Fourth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus beat seventh-seeded
Dudi Sela of Israel 6-2, 7-5 on Thursday to advance to the semifinals in the
Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.Third-seeded Gilles Muller of Luxembourg and
sixth-seeded Adrian Mannarino of France reached the quarterfinals. Muller topped
Victor Estrella Burgos of the Dominican Republic 7-6 (7), 6-4, and Mannarino
rallied to edge Australias Sam Groth 7-6
, 6-3.The 31-year-old Baghdatis
kissed the court when the match ended after giving a long embrace at the net to
longtime friend Sela. The Cypriot is seeking his fifth career ATP title.We know
each other from a very young age, Baghdatis said. A lot of emotions.Playing on
the stadium court two days after calling a side court ridiculously bad, the
28-year-old Mannarino lost the first three games of the opening set and fell
behind 5-1 before rallying on Newports grass courts.The tournament is held on
the grounds of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Marat Safin and Justine
Henin head the 2016 class thats set to be enshrined during a center-court
ceremony Saturday.Play was delayed for nearly three hours by rain after
Mannarino won the first set.Second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, a finalist in
Newport the last two year, had his quarterfinal match against Switzerlands Marco
Chiudinelli postponed until Friday.Mannarino said that playing inside the
stadium helped him relax.For sure, I know that the stadium court is much better
than the other court, he said. I knew that today was going to be some real
tennis on the court. Thats pretty important to me. If Im going to lose, Im going
to because the guy was better than me. I dont like to lose because the
conditions were ugly for the players.Once play resumed, Mannarino continued his
strong play.I was just trying to focus on my game (during the delay) and what I
have to do, he said. It worked pretty well. When I got back on court I was
pretty consistent.Mannarino, the only Frenchman remaining in the field, was
handed a French flag by a media member that wished him a Happy Bastille Day at a
post-match press conference.On Tuesday, Mannarino said of a side court: The
court is just ridiculously bad. Were playing (next to) the other court. Youve
got the camera, the microphone on the court. You cant really move. This is
really not respectful for the players to come, that kind of court.Mannarino
entered the week ranked 55th on the ATP tour.
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$22.5 million, five-year contract on Saturday. Lecavalier, a former Lightning
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million remaining on it. The four-time All-Star, drafted No. 1 overall by the
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Lightning. "He is going to be used in a position as one of our top forwards,"
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offensive group as well as our power play and leadership. We will sort all of
this out in training camp. But to bring an elite forward like this in to the mix
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first championship by defeating Calgary in seven games. The Flyers also signed
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