Latvia's Ernest Gulbis took little more than an hour to dispose of Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6-2, 6-2 at the Rome Masters yesterday to set up a second round clash with World No 1 Roger Federer.
Latvia's Ernest Gulbis took little more than an hour to dispose of Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6-2, 6-2 at the Rome Masters yesterday to set up a second round clash with World No 1 Roger Federer.
The Swiss master had a first round bye and the big serving Gulbis took only 69 minutes to secure his bid for what he hopes will be an early tournament upset.
Gulbis is ranked only 40th in the world but the 21-year-old has no qualms about his next challenge having taken a set off Federer in Doha earlier this year.
"It's really good that I played him in Doha because the first match against a player like that is the toughest mentally," he said.
"In Doha in the warm-up I was pretty scared but now I know I can play with him, I won a set, it's his first match on clay (this year) so I'm not going to think of it. I'll go on court, play my best and whatever happens is okay."
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