Roger’s Cup, Toronto Masters: Ice-Berd

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Published: August 14, 2010

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That Thomas Berdych has firepower in his tennis has never been in question ever since 2004 when he beat Roger Federer for the first time in the Olympics. And the firepower was definitely on display against the same opponent today in Toronto. The question of that firepower causing mass scale destruction has—call it a paradox—always depended on the presence of Ice.  The absence of ice, the inability to keep cool in the toughest of moments has been the reason of why this firepower has turned to ash time and again.

This year, Berdych has shown enough of mettle to translate his raw potential into quantifiable results, his consecutive semis and final appearance in Roland Garros and Wimbledon respectively being one and his consecutive victories against Federer—one at the latter’s favorite turf at Wimbledon—being other. The word “consecutive” was the key here. Apart from Rafael Nadal, there is not one player who can boast three consecutive victories against the Swiss maestro and hence there was enough doubt whether the former-headcase nut would get the third time lucky as well.

Berydch knew it quite well, and he responded accordingly. The number of times he dig deep to keep this match an extremely fascinating affair was dramatic. He put away the five break point opportunities in the second set to finally push the match into the decider, played three courageous points at 0-40 down in the third set, and further played an exquisite service game to consolidate his break of serve at love. If this was not all, he survived the crowd whistling against him in between points, and even when the lady luck went against him in the opening point of the tie-break when a net-cord went against him, he fought deep and hard to come back on serve despite being two mini-breaks down.

If I were to characterize Berdych’s performance today, it was firepower from the outside and loads of ice from the inside&mdash...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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