Australian Open doubles campaign ends for Baghdatis

Marcos Baghdatis and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov failed to make it to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open doubles, losing to Colombian tandem Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 7-6(6), 7-6(5) in the third round on Monday.

Baghdatis and Dimitrov fought bravely against the Colombians as neither duo faced a break point on serve in the match. 

However, it was Cabal and Farah who eventually squeaked by in both tie-breaks to advance in one hour and 41 minutes.

This was only the fourth time that Baghdatis had played Grand Slam doubles and it is his best result so far.

He is now off to PBZ Zagreb Indoors in Croatia where he won his only career doubles title last season, alongside Russian Mikhail Youzhny. 

The 27-year-old Cypriot was very successful in the Croatian capital in singles too, as he holds an 8-1 record after claiming the title in 2007 and reaching the semifinals last year. 

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