Baghdatis to miss US Open

Marcos Baghdatis is set to miss the US Open after suffering a first-round defeat at the Pilot Pen tournament in Connecticut.

Former Australian Open finalis heads home after Connecticut defeat

Former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis is set to miss the US Open after suffering a first-round defeat at the Pilot Pen tournament in Connecticut. The Cypriot ace, who was given a wild card to play in the US Open warm-up event, has struggled this season and has now dropped down to 109 in the world rankings. And his disappointing run of form continued as he lost 6-4 6-3 to qualifier Frederico Gil. "I'll go back home (to Cyprus), take two days off and start working again," Baghdatis said. "I'll forget this match and go on." Sixth-seeded Sam Querrey is the first man through to third round after he outlasted Marc Gicquel to win 6-4 6-7 (7-3) 6-3. And three of Querrey's compatriots will be looking to join him after they opened up with wins. Robert Kendrick beat Frederik Nielsen 6-3 7-5, Kevin Kim overcame Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4 5-7 6-3 and Rajeev Ram edged past qualifier Nicolas Lapentti 7-5 1-6 7-6 (7-3). There were also first-round wins for Jose Acasuso, Simone Bolelli, Potito Starace, Bjorn Phau, Pablo Cuevas and Yen-Hsun Lu.