In the second round at the ATP Masters Series Rome, it looked like Marcos Baghdatis might improve his record against Andy Roddick to 2-0. The Cypriot, who knocked Roddick out of the Australian Open, cruised in the first set, and used a steady stream of drop shots throughout the match to combat the American, who usually plays well behind the baseline.

But this is clay. If things aren’t going your way, you just hold on and grind. Roddick didn’t give up, and the Baghdatis of the first set was nowhere to be found in the final two. Up a break at 3-1 in the second set, Roddick was handed another break when Baghdatis put together back-to-back double faults to lose the game.

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