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Rafael Nadal (ESP) v Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Gentlemen's Singles Semi-Final - 2006

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Rafael Nadal may have been the number two seed and twice a Grand Slam champion, but he arrived in SW19 regarded as merely an interesting diversion.

He was nobody's pick to play so brilliantly on the green stuff that he would earn the right to face Roger Federer in the final. This was a match which was widely anticipated to go the distance, and many observers favoured Marcos Baghdatis as the likely finalist. The Cypriot was at times dazzling, always resourceful, and never gave up. But Nadal's lustre would not be dimmed for so much as a set.

When it was Nadal's time to serve for the match he did not falter, going to match point after a 19-shot rally and then sealing victory with a smash. Ever the showman, Nadal fell to his knees to celebrate.

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