Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Berdych Upsets Federer in Miami

Tomas Berdych beat World #1 Roger Federer 6-4 6-7(3) 7-6(6) in the 4th round of the Sony Ericsson Open after midnight on Tuesday night, saving a match point, after being up a service break in the third set. The Czech player had last beaten Federer at the Athens Olympics but lost 8 consecutive matches in a row to the 16-time major champion.

In addition to Berdych, the remaining quarterfinalists in the tournament are Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal, Robin Soderling, Nicolas Almagro, Fernando Verdasco, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mikhail Youzhny.

1 comment:

carter said...

Best match of not only this tournament, but on the ATP tour this year.
Where Berdych found the huevos I will never know, but glad he did, and I am a Fed fan, but that match deserved to be seen by every tennis fan.
Now as to his follow-up act, only time will tell.

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