Second-round result:

A AGASSI (US) bt M BAGHDATIS (Cyp)

6-4 6-4 3-6 5-7 7-5

* denotes server

By Piers Newbery

Fifth set:

Agassi 7-5 Baghdatis
Baghdatis throws in two double faults in a row to go to deuce. Two deuces follow with Agassi two points from victory before a cross-court pass forces Baghdatis to net a volley.

Match point - Baghdatis puts a backhand long and it's over! Tough luck on Baghdatis but it's a win to rank alongside any in Agassi's career.

Agassi 6-5 Baghdatis
Agassi is now the calmest man in the stadium and he holds serve to 15, guaranteeing himself at least a final set tie-break. Baghdatis gets back to stretching on the changeover.

Agassi 5-5 Baghdatis
The trainer only has the changeover to work on Baghdatis' cramping legs. Baghdatis, to his credit, is laughing at the ridiculousness of it all.

Baghdatis is struggling with his serve and Agassi races 0-30 clear, but the Cypriot just will not give in and he gets back to 30-30 before putting a volley wide.

Match point - Baghdatis hits a huge serve, then an ace, then a fizzing backhand winner. Awesome.

Agassi 5-4 Baghdatis
Baghdatis lunges for a volley to go 40-40 and then collapses with cramp, prompting the trainer to run on court. He can hardly walk but has already had one injury time-out and cannot have another this set. Agassi seemingly just has to get the ball into court but the immobile Baghdatis smacks a return past him for break point. On the next point the all-or-nothing approach fails and Agassi sneaks through the game.

Another break point - Baghdatis, having seemingly run off the cramp, moves in for the kill but misses a volley. Shocker.

A third break point - Agassi finds a big serve and follows up with a winning forehand. Baghdatis feels the cramp again. There isn't much else that can happen, surely.

Break point number four - Baghdatis hobbles for a forehand and sticks it in the net.

Agassi gets a game point and, naturally, double faults. All he has to do is get it in play and make Baghdatis run. He finally seals it at the next opportunity - one of the most incredible games you will ever see.

Agassi 4-4 Baghdatis
An Agassi backhand is called long but the umpire overrules. Baghdatis is not happy and challenges but Hawkeye says it got the line. Strange challenge from the eighth seed but he is unruffled and holds serve to 30 with a monster forehand that prompts him to scream and shake uncontrollably. The locals are less enthused.

Agassi 4-3 Baghdatis
Agassi finally hunts down a drop shot and whacks it down the line for a winner, sending the crowd into raptures. He holds to love and everyone is on their feet.

Agassi 3-3 Baghdatis
Controversy on the first point as a Baghdatis backhand appears to be called out first by a spectator before, moments later, a line judge. The Cypriot does not challenge but Hawkeye suggests it caught the line. It makes no difference as Baghdatis holds.

Agassi 3-2 Baghdatis
It's incredible stuff from both men now. Baghdatis wins a long rally with a searing backhand cross-court and Agassi outdoes him on the next point with a backhand of his own up the line. Agassi holds, just, and sort of sprints back to his chair.

Agassi 2-2 Baghdatis
Baghdatis plays one of the best games by either man for some time, levelling to love with a clinical four points.

Agassi 2-1 Baghdatis
Baghdatis challenges an Agassi serve on the second point and is proved wrong, much to everyone else's delight. The American grows in confidence, moving to 40-15 with a Pete Sampras-like volley and sealing the game when Baghdatis nets a backhand. It's approaching midnight in New York but no-one's going anywhere.

Agassi 1-1 Baghdatis
Should have known. Another twist as Baghdatis finally feels the pressure and goes 15-40 down. Cue another show-stopper of a rally, Agassi finding an incredible angled volley to break back before punching the air like Rafael Nadal.

Agassi 0-1 Baghdatis
A Baghdatis backhand return clips the line to make it 30-30 and there is nervous tension all around. At deuce, Baghdatis produces another of the drop shots that have troubled Agassi all night but the Cypriot sends the return long on break point. Another soon follows, and this time Agassi makes the backhand error. Could this be the beginning of the end?

Fourth set:

Agassi 5-7 Baghdatis
Agassi opens with a crunching forehand but Baghdatis remains calm, responding with an ace. Two poor returns give the Cypriot set points and he takes the first with a forehand. From 4-0 down he has taken it to a fifth. Amazing.

Agassi 5-6 Baghdatis
The hitting is, if anything, getting even harder from both men. Successive blockbusters from Baghdatis earn him a break point and a third spectacular forehand sees him convert. Almost total silence greets this fact.

Agassi 5-5 Baghdatis
Baghdatis is hugely impressive as he ignores the pandemonium around him, and the pressure of being one game from defeat, to hold to love.

Agassi 5-4 Baghdatis
Agassi looks worried at the best of times but at 30-30 he appears on the verge of a breakdown. He holds his nerve though, firing an ace and forcing an error to edge ahead again. One more game, Andre....

Agassi 4-4 Baghdatis
Agassi recovered a 4-0 deficit in his opening match against Andrei Pavel - now he knows how it feels to be on the receiving end. Baghdatis is in a rich vein of form and this could go all the way now.

Agassi 4-3 Baghdatis
This is getting ridiculous. Baghdatis earns two more break points and batters Agassi on the first, creating an easy smash which he thumps onto the rock-hard net cord, sending it flying out. No-one can believe it, least of all Baghdatis who sinks to his knees, admittedly laughing. The Cypriot is never down for long though and he dominates the next rally, breaking back with a drive volley.

Agassi 4-2 Baghdatis
Baghdatis recovers from 0-30 to put a little more pressure on Agassi to serve this one out.

Agassi 4-1 Baghdatis
With the pressure off, Agassi's concentration slips and he is soon at 0-40. He saves two break points but suffers with a net cord on the third and Baghdatis keeps his slim hopes alive.

Agassi 4-0 Baghdatis
Agassi breaks again and is surely as good as in the third round now. The crowd certainly think so.

Agassi 3-0 Baghdatis
The quality of hitting from both men is tremendous, and it is amazing to see the 36-year-old Agassi matching Baghdatis step for step as both men sprint around the baseline. Agassi holds and victory is in sight now.

Agassi 2-0 Baghdatis
Unbelievable. Agassi stretches every sinew to reach a backhand out wide and send it past Baghdatis at the net. That earns him two break points. He misses the first when, after an epic rally, a drop shot ends in the net. Not sure if it's the excitement or the refreshments but the crowd is getting louder and louder during the points. Agassi sends them over the edge by breaking thanks to one superb angled backhand.

Agassi 1-0 Baghdatis
Agassi opens the set in good shape, winning the game to 15 before sprinting to his chair. The American crowd is now chanting "Andre, Andre". It's like a Rocky film.

Third set:

Agassi 3-6 Baghdatis
Agassi sends the crowd wild when, opening his shoulders with the set seemingly gone, he recovers from 0-40 to deuce. Baghdatis ruins the party with an ace before Agassi sends a return wide.

Agassi 3-5 Baghdatis
Another huge game. Agassi at last wins a challenge but still falls 30-40 behind thanks to a stunning Baghdatis drop shot. The American saves the break point with a big forehand but cannot repeat the trick two points later, sending a backhand wide. The crowd is silent and the only noise comes from Baghdatis and his few supporters.

Agassi 3-4 Baghdatis
Baghdatis tanks a forehand to drop to 0-30 but Agassi then goes for too much on a forehand of his own when three break points were beckoning. As so often tonight, however, Baghdatis dumps a backhand into the net. Two break points follow but the Cypriot frustates Agassi with an ace and a winning backhand. At deuce, Agassi challenges on a Baghdatis forehand but Hawkeye says it was in and Baghdatis holds.

Agassi 3-3 Baghdatis
Agassi races to 40-0 again before putting an easy short forehand into the net, but he ignores that embarrassment and takes the game.

Agassi 2-3 Baghdatis
One drop shot from Agassi leaves Baghdatis stranded but the Cypriot is gamely hanging on.

Agassi 2-2 Baghdatis
An absolutely magnificent game from Agassi - his play from the baseline bears comparison to the glory years at the moment and he looks by far the stronger man.

Agassi 1-2 Baghdatis
Baghdatis holds, although he is having to work harder than Agassi to achieve that at the moment.

Agassi 1-1 Baghdatis
Another hugely impessive game from Agassi, who holds to love and finishes off with a thumping winner.

Agassi 0-1 Baghdatis
Agassi has a chance at deuce but Baghdatis fires down an ace and a winning serve to keep himself in the match, just about.

Second set:

Agassi 6-4 Baghdatis
A very tense game from both men - Agassi falls 15-30 behind but the nerves then hit Baghdatis, who makes two errors on regulation groundstrokes. A winning serve sends the crowd bananas as Agassi seals the set, and his wife Steffi looks pretty happy in the stands too.

Agassi 5-4 Baghdatis
The excitement is all too much for the locals who cannot contain themselves any longer and erupt into a Mexican Wave, despite there being no changeover between games. The umpire cannot stop them, only one man has that power....a wave from Andre and they all sit down. Baghdatis seemed to be enjoying it and when the games begins he takes it to 30.

Agassi 5-3 Baghdatis
He may be 36 and only days from calling it quits but at the moment Agassi is playing as well as ever. At deuce, he comes to the net and fades a volley into the corner, sending Baghdatis back onto the concrete. The Cypriot gets up and earns a break point but sends the return wide and the chance disappears.

Agassi 4-3 Baghdatis
It's all going Agassi's way at the moment, and deservedly so. He is scrambling superbly to keep himself in some rallies and eventually it is producing errors from Baghdatis. The Cypriot slips to 0-40, again looks to be in charge of a rally but cannot put it away and, in his frustration, dumps a woeful drop shot into the net.

Agassi 3-3 Baghdatis
Agassi is in danger at 15-30 when Baghdatis puts him on the backfoot in a lenghty rally but the American hangs in there and forces an error. It's enough to change the momentum and he holds to 30.

Agassi 2-3 Baghdatis
Agassi makes a monumental error - having seen one break disappear with an ace, he catches the ball on the second so convinced is he the ball is out. A challenge follows and actually the ball caught half the line. Oops. Baghdatis takes the next two points and that could be a turning point.

Agassi 2-2 Baghdatis
Baghdatis has treatment on his left wrist during the changeover following his fall of a few games earlier. This is one time when the paying punters would happily accept a default. It's party time for the crowd when Agassi takes the game with a superb scrambled lob, although Baghdatis attempts to return it single-handed, suggesting his wrist is a problem.

Agassi 1-2 Baghdatis
Agassi has a half-chance at 15-30 but Baghdatis slams down an ace and goes on to hold.

Agassi 1-1 Baghdatis
Agassi lets two points slip from 40-0 and is made to run hard by Baghdatis before the Cypriot puts a lob long.

Agassi 0-1 Baghdatis
Baghdatis recovers quickly from the disappointment of the first set. He finishes the game with a beautiful drop volley and an ace.

First set:

Agassi 6-4 Baghdatis
If there is one thing Agassi has in his favour it's experience - he serves out the set calmly enough with Baghdatis going for too much on the returns.

Agassi 5-4 Baghdatis
Baghdatis double faults at 40-30, prompting a huge cheer, but follows up with a sublime backhand winner down the line and a service winner. Agassi must serve out the set.

Agassi 5-3 Baghdatis
Baghdatis suffers a heavy fall at deuce but gets up to still win the point. He forces two break points but cannot convert and Agassi takes a crucial hold to consolidate his lead.

Agassi 4-3 Baghdatis
Big game. The first challenge of the night from Baghdatis is greeted by a chorus of boos from 23,000 New Yorkers, which soon turn to cheers when the Cypriot is proved wrong. Agassi earns another break point and Baghdatis fires a forehand wide. Another standing ovation.

Agassi 3-3 Baghdatis
Agassi races through his service game and he is in even more of a hurry than usual.

Agassi 2-3 Baghdatis
The match is settling into a rhythm of hard-hitting baseline exchanges largely on the backhand side. At 30-30, Baghdatis finds a beauty to finish a long rally and he wraps up the game.

Agassi 2-2 Baghdatis
Agassi is in a bit of trouble at 15-30 but comes up with a much-needed ace. A couple of Baghdatis errors give the Las Vegan the game.

Agassi 1-2 Baghdatis
Agassi earns the first break point of the match, prompting mild delirium in the stands, but he puts the return long and Baghdatis goes on to hold.

Agassi 1-1 Baghdatis
Agassi levels, to the delight of the huge crowd on Arthur Ashe Stadium which has already given their man one lengthy standing ovation.