2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Tomas Berdych triumphs over Andy Roddick
Wimbledon runner-up Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych got through with America's Andy Roddick thrashing him 7-5 in the opening set and 6-3 in the second set of the 2010 Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour Finals match played between the two.
Dropping to a 0-2 record in the finale, having also lost to Spain's Rafael Nadal, Roddick stated, “I don’t think he came into the match with a lot of confidence. Being able to get through that definitely raised his confidence level. He played well in the second
set”.
In spite of being defeated twice in a row, Andy still has a chance to make it through to the semifinals of the championship provided that Rafael Nadal beats Serb Novak Djokovic in the evening session. Furthermore, Roddick must defeat Djokovic to advance in
the tournament.
In reference to the round-robin format, Andy exclaimed, “I think it’s fun for the fans to look at the little draw boards. I think that’s the way to do an end of the year event. I think it makes it unique a little bit more".
“There’s always normally some sort of chance of something. So it gives us hope, even if it’s false hope sometimes”, added the American. On the downside, Roddick flared up on court during the match in the second set.
Apparently the neon advertising lights on the front of the boxes right behind the lines people started flickering from red to light blue. Shortly after Berdych went up 3-2 just as Roddick was broken in the second set, the American seemed to have blown his cool.
Andy retaliated by smashing his racket to the ground and almost getting into a nasty arguement with the match referee.
“I was angry with myself and there wasn’t anybody else to talk to at that moment. The neons in the back weren’t quite to the settled position. They were still advertising fun stuff. When you’re trying to track a ball, it’s kind of neon lights and stuff. Then
Tomas noticed it. A couple of them just went out before we played a point”, said Roddick.
Berdych made his debut at the ATP finals and is 1-1 at the round-robin event for the top eight players in the World. Additionally, this is the first time the professional defeated Andy out of the four times that the two have faced each other this year.
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