Djokovic beats Baghdatis in Swiss Indoors quarters

Novak Djokovic fought back from losing the first set to beat Marcos Baghdatis 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors quarterfinals on Friday.The top-ranked Djokovic had his serve broken twice early on before recovering to seal a victory that took his record against Baghdatis to 6-0, and raised his 2011 record to 67-3.The US Open, Wimbledon and Australian Open champion will play 32nd-ranked Kei Nishikori of Japan in Saturdays semifinals.Nishikori beat Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in a match that featured 13 breaks of serve.Djokovic came to Basel having not played since Sept. 18, and was pushed to three sets for the second time in three matches.Its nothing I didnt expect, but Im winning matches and that is what matters most, Djokovic said.The 59th-ranked Baghdatis broke the top-seeded Serbs serve, and struck six aces in dominating the first set.Djokovic broke through for a 4-2 lead in the second after the Cypriot double-faulted.Djokovic commanded the rest of the match, sealing victory in exactly one hour less than Nishikoris two-hour, 39-minute effort.Neither Nishikori nor 113th-ranked Kukushkin could land half of their first serves, however the 21-year-old Japanese took his first match-point chance with just his second ace.With his three victories in Basel, Nishikori will rise to a career-best ranking and highest by a Japanese man. He had been No. 30 after reaching the Shanghai Masters semifinals last month.