Berdych beats Tsonga to stay in hunt for semis

Tomas Berdych remains in the hunt for a place in the semi-finals of the ATP Tour finals after defeating fifth-seeded Czech Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday.Berdych, who lost his opening fixture against Andy Murray, now has to win the world number one Novak Djokovic on Friday to book a place in the last four of the prestigious season ending event.Wimbledon final victory the previous also means Djokovic is not yet certain to qualify even though the Serbs maintain his record 100 percent with win over Murray earlier in the day Wednesday.Tsonga not been eliminated certainly, but need to beat Murray in three sets Successive and Berdych loses hope of the same margin against Djokovic to advance.Berdych beat Tsonga at each of its meetings this year, including the final of the Stockholm Open, and the 27-year-old was the deserved winner again after blistering unbeaten finish.Tsonga a great player ranked eight and this year, once again inflamed the French do not also agree points.Berdych had a great opportunity to control the first set when he got the break points three in the seventh game, but Tsonga saved all three with a series of booming forehands.Tsonga strong serve and did not make the most of his escape as if a series of ground lost talented Berdych end of the first half in the Czech Republic 6-5 and gleefully seized the opportunity to spend a with ace.Berdych Remember two break points at 1-2 in the second set, but Tsonga was started find some momentum and he pressed the Czech and one more wrong move ahead.Tsonga 3-1 glide briefly when he was for the group, and to give Berdych a break point, but he held on to send the game to decider.Berdych under pressure again in the first half of the group recent, and this time dig deep to save two break points, and he made the most of his timeout with a break for 3-1 lead.Suddenly tide has turned again in favor of Berdych and he sealed victory in a certain fashion with the second break. Berdych defeats Tsonga to stay in the hunt for semi-final

London: Tomas Berdych remains in the hunt for a place in the semi-finals of the ATP Tour finals after defeating fifth-seeded Czech Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday. Berdych, who lost his opening fixture against Andy Murray, now has to win the world number one Novak Djokovic on Friday to book a place in the last four victory prestigious end of the season and former Wimbledon event.The final Djokovic also means isn 'some to qualify after although the Serbs maintain his record 100 percent with a win over Murray earlier on Wednesday t.
Certainly not, but Tsonga elimination he needs to beat Murray in straight sets, and we hope Berdych loses the same margin against Djokovic to advance.Berdych beat Tsonga in each of its meetings this year, including the final of the Stockholm Open, and was the 27-year-old winner deserved again after finish.Tsonga blistering unbeaten is a great player ranked eight and this year, once again inflamed the French do not agree also on points.Berdych had a great chance to take control of the first set when he got the break points of the three in the seventh game, but three Tsonga save with a series of forehands.Tsonga booming serves and powerful did not make the most of his escape as if a series of ground lost talented Berdych the first break in the Czech Republic 6-5 and gleefully seized the opportunity to spend a with ace.Berdych Remember two break points in the 1 - 2 in the second set, but Tsonga was beginning to find some momentum and he pressed the Czech waddling one more mistake to transfer ahead.Tsonga 3-1 briefly when he was set, giving Berdych a break point, but he held on to send the game to decider.Berdych under pressure again in the first half of the final set, and this time dig deep to save two break points, and he made the most out with his break for 3-1 lead.Suddenly tide has turned again in favor of Berdych and he sealed victory in the fashion uncertain with second break.