Novak Djokovic Edges Tomas Berdych in Nail-Biter

By Anders H
at Internationaled.org

Published: November 22, 2011

It was close, very close. And for long periods of times, it seemed as if the match was on Tomas Berdych’s racket. But, as was the case with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer yesterday, the best of the best often finds a way to win even when it seems improbable.

And if they don’t find a way to win, their opponents will find it for them, as was the case with Mardy Fish yesterday, when he folded in the tiebreak. Also, when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga aided Federer with a few crucial errors at 4-5 in the third, and then Berdych today.

Today, Tomas Berdych seemed in absolute control, when he raced to a 4-0 lead in the first, dominating Djokovic with big forehands and big serves, before Djokovic started edging his way into the match. Berdych closed out the set 6-3, but Novak got an early break in the second that he never surrendered.

For stretches, Robo-Novak was back, hitting down-the-line backhands and drop-shots at will. When Berdych seemed dangerously close in the second, Djokovic served it out with two, clean down-the-line winners followed by two aces for a clean hold and the second set.

The third set started with Djokovic winning another few service games with ease, whereas Berdych was struggling more with his. It seemed only a matter of time, before Djokovic would earn the deciding break.

Then instead, Berdych found his first set form again and hit some massive forehand winners on the line to go up 4-2. As in the first set, it seemed his match to lose.

What followed was as bad from Berdych’s side as the former game was good. Two double-faults and a forehand in the net gave Djokovic the break back. Yet, this didn’t derail Berdych, and he held his ensuing two games for love.

Berdych had Djokovic on the ropes and hit some quality forehands down the line for clean winners. He even earned a match point at 5-6, but when he tried to hit another forehand down the line...

Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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