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Fifth seed Tomas Berdych survived a tough opening-round clash with Wayne Odesnik late Monday. The Czech,aided by his tally of 13 aces, prevailed 6-1, 6-7, 7-5 in two hours and 27 minutesof play. After splitting the first two sets, Berdych collected match point inthe 12th game. The Czech missed two match-point chances, but connected on athird to seal the victory. Berdych will take on Jarkko Nieminen in the second round.

Order of Play – Monday, February 8, 2010

CENTER COURT Matches Start At 9:50 am

Dudi SELA (ISR) vs Santiago GIRALDO (COL)

followed by

Jarkko NIEMINEN (FIN) vs Lars POERSCHKE (GER)

followed by

Leonardo MAYER (ARG) vs Ernests GULBIS (LAT)

followed by

Ryan HARRISON (USA) vs Denis ISTOMIN (UZB)

followed by

Alex BOGOMOLOV JR. (USA) vs Taylor DENT (USA)

Not Before 7:00 PM – Exhibition match

Pete SAMPRAS (USA) vs Fernando VERDASCO (ESP)

followed by

Wayne ODESNIK (USA) vs Tomas BERDYCH (CZE)

epic! but Berdych won after a 2h27mn fight

Tomas Berdych overcame a few saved match points by his opponent before finally putting away

American Wayne Odesnik, 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5. Lucky Tomas!

Berdych overcomes Odesnik to advance at SAP Open

Fifth-seeded Tomas Berdych advanced to the second-round of the SAP Open with a hard-fought 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-5 win over American Wayne Odesnik on Monday.

Berdych dropped just one game in the opening set, before Odesnik fought back. The Czech held a break point chance to make it 5-3 in the third set, but Odesnik held.

Odesnik fended off two more break points in the 12th game of the third set before Berdych converted on his third match point opportunity to win in two hours and 27 minutes.

"I got some break point chances in the last game and finally converted," said Berdych."He was playing really well from the second set on and it was a tough match. I am happy to get through it."

The 24 year old said about his experience of playing at the home of the NHL's San Jose Sharks, "This is the first time I'm playing here and I really like hockey and I have great memories of playing in hockey arenas. There's not a lot of arenas like here and it's a nice change to play in one. It's really a nice atmosphere"

 

Berdych next faces Finland's Jarkko Nieminen, who rallied to beat German wild card Lars Poerschke 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

 

Seeds

1. Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan

2. Eric Butorac/Rajeev Ram

3. Johan Brunstrom/Jean-Julien Rojer

4. Jamie Cerretani/Michael Kohlschreiber

MAIN DRAW DOUBLES

[1]BRYAN, Bob (USA) BRYAN, Mike (USA) vs FLEMING, Colin (GBR) SKUPSKI, Ken (GBR)

BECKER, Benjamin (GER) MAYER, Leonardo (ARG) vs [WC]LIPSKY, Scott (USA) MARTIN, David (USA)

[4]CERRETANI, James (USA) KOHLMANN, Michael (GER) vs HAAS, Tommy (GER) STEPANEK, Radek (CZE)

ISTOMIN, Denis (UZB) SELA, Dudi (ISR) vs CHARDY, Jeremy (FRA) NIEMINEN, Jarkko (FIN)

FISH, Mardy (USA) QUERREY, Sam (USA) vs [WC]GINEPRI, Robby (USA) RETTENMAIER, Travis (USA)

BERDYCH, Tomas (CZE) KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp (GER) vs [3]BRUNSTROM, Johan (SWE) ROJER, Jean-Julien (AHO)

BOPANNA, Rohan (IND) COETZEE, Jeff (RSA) vs BALL, Carsten (AUS) HUSS, Stephen (AUS)

RUSSELL, Michael (USA) VEMIC, Dusan (SRB) vs [2]BUTORAC, Eric (USA) RAM, Rajeev (USA)

Seeds:

1. Andy Roddick

2. Fernando Verdasco

3. Radek Stepanek

4. Tommy Haas

5. Tomas Berdych

6. Philipp Kohlschreiber

7. Samuel Querrey

8. Jeremy Chardy

MAIN DRAW SINGLES

(1)Andy Roddick (USA) vs (q)Ryler DeHeart (USA)

Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT)

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs (WC)Lars Poerschke (GER)

Wayne Odesnik (USA) vs (5)Tomas Berdych (CZE)

(3)Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Xavier Malisse (BEL)

Michael Russell (USA) vs Mardy Fish (USA)

(q)Alex Bogomolov (USA) vs Taylor Dent (USA)

Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) vs (7)Samuel Querrey (USA)

(6)Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Rajeev Ram (USA)

Dudi Sela (ISR) vs Santiago Giraldo (COL)

(WC)Ryan Harrison (USA) vs Denis Istomin (UZB)

(WC)Devin Britton (USA) vs (4)Tommy Haas (GER)

(8)Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs Bjorn Phau (GER)

(q)Ricardas Berankis (LTU) vs Robby Ginepri (USA)

(q)Tim Smyczek (USA) vs Benjamin Becker (GER)

Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs (2)Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

Notes about the tournament

Andy Roddick is the top seed for the SAP Open tennis tournament that begins Monday at HP Pavilion. He will play his first-round match in the 7 p.m. session Wednesday against a qualifier.

Andy Murray won the 1st title of his career, in San Jose 2006.

The tournament begins Monday, highlighted by an exhibition match between Pete Sampras and No. 2 seed Fernando Verdasco. Verdasco plays his first-round match Wednesday night against Yen-Hsun Lu after the conclusion of Roddick's match.

Tuesday's featured match is fourth-seeded Tommy Haas vs. Devin Britton in the 7 p.m. session. That match will be followed by brothers Bob and Mike Bryan in their first-round doubles match.

The other seeded players are No. 3 and defending champion Radek Stepanek, No. 5 Tomas Berdych, No. 6 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 7 Sam Querrey and No. 8 Jeremy Chardy.

The semifinals will be played Saturday at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. The final is 1 p.m. Sunday.

After a three-week break Tomas will make his SAP Open debut.

The SAP Open is the second oldest men’s professional tennis tournament in the United States, first held in 1889.

 

Name: SAP Open

Category: ATP World Tour 250

Place: San Jose, U.S.A.

Date: 08.02.2010-14.02.2010

Draw Size: S-32 D-16

Surface: Indoor Hard

Prize Money: $ 531,000

Total Financial Commitment: $ 600,000

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Sap Open Player “Fast Facts”

 

•         Fourteen (14) countries represented in Singles field – Usa, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Australia, Spain, Israel, Argentina, Colombia, Slovakia, Finland, Russia, Latvia, Japan

•         In Doubles field, America’s #1 Team & six-time Grand Slam winners the Bryan Brothers are also confirmed

•         Includes 8 Top-30 players in the world and 8 of the Top 9 Americans

•         Singles player field includes two (2) former World #1 ranked players and two (2) Grand Slam champions (Andy Roddick & Lleyton Hewitt)

•         Singles player field includes three (3) past Sap Open Singles champions (Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt & Radek Stepanek) and three (3) past Doubles champions (Radek Stepanek, Tommy Haas & Mardy Fish)

•         Field includes seven (7) current or former Top-10 players including Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt, Tommy Haas, Fernando Verdasco, Radek Stepanek, Tomas Berdych & Sebastien Grosjean

•         Youngest player – Kei Nishikori (20 years, 2 months) and oldest player – Marc Gicquel (32 years, 11 months) at tournament time

•          Two-time Sap Open champion & 14-time Grand Slam winner Pete Sampras will play a charity Singles exhibition on Monday evening, February 8 vs. Fernando Verdasco