By Nemanja Bjedov
AFTER receiving a wild card, the World No. 87, Marcos Baghdatis will start his 2014 season at the ATP World Tour 250 Heineken Open in the New Zealand’s city of Auckland where he featured only once in 2006 and suffered a first round exit to Jarkko Nieminen.
The 28-year-old Cypriot arrived to New Zealand early last week in order to acclimatise and prepare for the upcoming Australian Open.
His first round opponent at the Heineken Open will be German Daniel Brands. Baghdatis will play Brands for the third time, with the pair having split their two previous meetings.
If he overcomes Brands, Baghdatis will then face fourth-seeded South African Kevin Anderson in the second round. Spaniard David Ferrer is the top seed at this hard-court tournament, which also features Tommy Haas and John Isner.
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