Archive: tomas-berdych
The confirmation of Fernando Verdasco as seventh player in the field for the AAMI Classic event in Melbourne leaves just one space remaining in the January 8-11 pre-Australian Open hit-out at Melbourne's historic Kooyong club.
Rafael Nadal tops the ATP lists in more ways than one, with the notoriously touchy top player in the world also the worst offender when it comes to warnings for slow play.
Rafael Nadal tops the ATP lists in more ways that one, with the notoriously tetchy top player in the world also the worst offender when it comes to warnings for slow play.
Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych have been named three of GQ’s most stylish athletes. . . David Ferrer to the New York Times on the recently retired David Nalbandian: “He could have been No. 1.” . . .
A total of 536 players from 125 nations have contested the 2013 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas in another memorable year for the competition. Czech Republic, led by Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek, became the eighth nation to win back-to-back titles after defeating Serbia...
Novak Djokovic's two singles wins were not enough to stop the Czech Davis Cup juggernaut in Belgrade, but the Serb world No. 2 goes into the brief tennis off-season convinced that he gave all that he could to the cause.
Radek Stepanek made tennis history as he became the first player ever to win two Davis Cup winning deciding fifth rubbers in the final and in doing so broke his own record as the oldest player to clinch the title.
It's like Friday all over again: We wish we had something to tell you -- but we don't. Not really. Everything went as expected. Sunday's action opened with Novak Djokovic facing Tomas Berdych, needing to win to keep the tie between Serbia and the Czechs alive.
Czech Republic has retained its Davis Cup title after defeating Serbia 3-2 in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final in Belgrade, Serbia on Sunday 17 November.
When the poll appeared on the Davis Cup site, "Who do you think will win the doubles match? Ilija Bozoljac/Nenad Zimonjic [or] Jan Hajek/Lukas Rosol," we were already betting on "None of the Above." After all, the only way you can win is if you play -- and there was a good chance that neither of those teams would play.
Czech Republic leads Serbia 2-1 at the end of the second day of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final in Belgrade, Serbia on 15-17 November.
Let me apologize up front. What I am laying out here is not new. It is the basis of a format for the Davis Cup that I forwarded to the Davis Cup committee, at the specific suggestion of Mr Davis Cup himself, Neale Fraser, four years ago.
Novak Djokovic, who opened the tie, admitted to some nerves in his first set against Radek Stepanek. He broke for 4-2 in the first set, lost the break in the ninth game, but broke again in game twelve, and never looked back, winning 7-5 6-1 6-4.
Serbia and Czech Republic are level at 1-1 at the end of the first day of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final in Belgrade, Serbia on 15-17 November.
Tomas Berdych is a veteran of 25 previous Davis Cup ties spreading back more than ten years and the Czech no.1 knows he is in for a demanding weekend of his nation is to retain the trophy even though Serbia is fielding a depleted team.
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