Marcos Baghdatis suffers first-round exit at BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy
Fifth seed Marcos Baghdatis was knocked out in the opening round of the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy.
The Cypriot fell 6-2 6-4 to Italy's Marco Cecchinato while eighth seed Paul-Henri Mathieu was another casualty, losing 7-6 (7/0) 2-6 6-1 to Moldovan qualifier Radu Albot.
Lucas Pouille will play for his first ATP World Tour title after defeating third seed Federico Delbonis 7-6(4), 6-3 at the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy on Saturday. The 22 year old saved all three break points faced and secured the win in 98 minutes.