Tennis: Berdych defeated by Nadal

Czech tennis player Tomáš Berdych has suffered defeat against World number one Rafael Nadal, who moves on to the ATP World Tour semi-finals. Berdych fought a close first set against the Spaniard on Friday but lost in the tie-break. The second set went almost completely Nadal’s way: the final score was 7:6, 6:1. Had Berdych clinched one set in the loss, he could have maintained at least a theoretical chance of advancing on points; as it is he is out of the tour. Friday’s match-up echoed the two player’s earlier encounter this year in the Wimbledon final.

Author: Jan Velinger