After trailing 0-2, Punjab Marshalls&rsquo; Marcos Baghdatis won three consecutive matches to turn things around to help the visitors register a 3-2 win over Mumbai Tennis Masters in an Champions Tennis League (CTL) tie at the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) yesterday.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/nov/24baghdatis.jpg" alt="" /> Punjab Marshalls&rsquo; Marcos Baghdatis in action during &nbsp; his mixed doubles match with partner Elina Svitolina at MSLTA. Pics/Sameer Markande
Mumbai took an early lead as Richard Krajicek got the better of Greg Rudeski 5-4 in the legends match. It was this year&rsquo;s US Open winner Flavia Pennetta who extended the lead for Mumbai winning the women&rsquo;s singles against Elina Svitolina 5-2.
After trailing 0-2, Punjab&rsquo;s mixed doubles pair of Baghdatis and Svitolina beat Santiago Giraldo and Pennetta 5-2 to get their team back into the contest. In the men&rsquo;s doubles, Baghdatis paired up with Saketh Myneni to beat Mumbai's pair of Giraldo and Sriram Balaji 5-3 taking the tie into the decider.
In the final match between Baghdatis and Giraldo, the former beat Columbian 5-4 (5-3) in tie-breaker to help visitors win the opener 21-19 on points.
Baghdatis said that he was glad to have helped his team win in hot and humid conditions.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/nov/24flavia-penetta.jpg" alt="" /> Flavia Pennetta in action yesterday at MSLTA
&ldquo;The conditions were tough, hot and humid. We were still recovering from our jet lag as we landed in the city just a day ago. But it is always nice to help the team win the tie. I am glad to have won it after we were trailing 0-2,&rdquo; said Baghdatis in the post-match conference.
Talking about playing against Pennetta, Svitolina said, &ldquo;My opponent was far superior to me today. I couldn&rsquo;t capitalise on the errors she made. I&rsquo;m happy with the way the men played.&rdquo;

After trailing 0-2, Punjab Marshalls&rsquo; Marcos Baghdatis won three consecutive matches to turn things around to help the visitors register a 3-2 win over Mumbai Tennis Masters in an Champions Tennis League tie

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