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  Palmares

• 2007 - M Youzhny (RUS) def. I Ljubicic (CRO)
• 2006 - R Stepanek (CZE) def. C Rochus (BEL)
• 2005 - R Federer (SUI) def. I Ljubicic (CRO)
• 2004 - L.Hewitt (AUS) def. JC Ferrero
• 2003 - M Mirnyi (BLR) def. R Sluiter (NED)
• 2002 - N. Escude (FRA) def. T. Henman (GBR)

   The Seeds

(cut: Simone Bolelli - 69)
1. Rafael Nadal
2. Nikolay Davydenko
3. David Ferrer
4. Mikhail Youzhny
5. Tomas Berdych
6. Andy Murray
7. Juan Carlos Ferrero
8. Marcos Baghdatis

  Main Draw

(1) NADAL, Rafael ESP v. TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS
HEWITT, Lleyton AUS v. SEPPI, Andreas ITA
NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN v. VERDASCO, Fernando ESP
(8) BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP (WC) v. SODERLING, Robin SWE

(4) YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS v. TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB
LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP v. SIMON, Gilles FRA
MAHUT, Nicolas FRA v. ROBREDO, Tommy ESP
(7) FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP v. QUALIFIER

(5) BERDYCH, Tomas CZE v. LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO
KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO v. ROCHUS, Olivier BEL
QUALIFIER v. KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER
(3) FERRER, David ESP v. BOLELLI, Simone ITA

(6) MURRAY, Andy GBR v. HAASE, Robin NED (WC)
QUALIFIER v. BERRER, Michael GER
SLUITER, Raemon NED (WC) v. LLODRA, Michael FRA
(2) DAVYDENKO, Nikolay v. QUALIFIER

 DOUBLES DRAW

Seeds: (cut: Lopez/Verdasco - 66)
1. Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic
2. Simon Aspelin/Julian Knowle
3. Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram
4. Martin Damm/Pavel Vizner

(1)Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic (CAN/SRB) vs (WC)Robin Haase/Peter Wessels (NED)
Christopher Kas/Rogier Wassen (GER/NED) vs Tomas Berdych/Dmitry Tursunov (CZE/RUS)
(3)Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram (ISR) vs Jeff Coetzee/Wesley Moodie (RSA)
Paul Hanley/Robert Lindstedt (AUS/SWE) vs Julien Benneteau/Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Jordan Kerr/David Skoch (AUS/CZE)
(4)Martin Damm/Pavel Vizner (CZE) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber/Mikhail Youzhny (GER/RUS)
Rafael Nadal/Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs Feliciano Lopez/Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
(2)Simon Aspelin/Julian Knowle (SWE/AUT) vs (WC)Jesse Huta Galung/Matwe Middelkoop (NED)

  Doubles - Round 1: Order of Play - Monday,  February 18, 2008

Court 1 - Matches Start at 12.00

Christopher Kas/Rogier Wassen (GER/NED) vs Tomas Berdych/Dmitry Tursunov (CZE/RUS)

  Singles - Round 1: Tomas Berdych vs Ivan Ljubicic

Order of Play - Wednesday,  February 20, 2008

Centre Court - Matches Start at 11.00

Huta Galung (NED) / Middelkoop (NED) - Aspelin (SWE) / Knowle (AUS)
Andy Murray (10, GBR) - Robin Haase (94, NED)
Lleyton Hewitt (19, AUS) - Andreas Seppi (42, ITA)
Tomas Berdych (12, CZE) - Ivan Ljubicic (23, CRO)
not before 19.30
Rafael Nadal (2, ESP) - Dmitry Tursunov (33, RUS)
Janko Tipsarevic (44, SRB) - Gilles Simon (36, FRA)

Result: Tomas Berdych def. Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 6-3 

 Tomas Berdych returns the ball to Ivan Ljubicic

 Ljubicic unable to beat Berdych

Visitors to Ahoy will again miss out on the drink that Ivan Ljubicic promised them if he'd win the tournament. The Croatian, who reached the final of the ABN AMRO WTT in 2007 and 2005, was knocked out in the opening round: 6-3, 6-3.

Ljubicic was unable to match the brute force unleashed by Tomas Berdych, the number 5 seed. The Czech next meets Ivo Karlovic, another Croatian service specialist.

Although Ljubicic, who won a challenger tournament last weekend, played well enough, his opponent was in devastating form. Berdych only lost five points during his service games and never conceded a breakpoint. The highly talented Czech, who has been likened to Roger Federer, managed to break Ljubicic's powerful serve three times. This despite the fact that Ljubicic served well today – he produced 9 aces while nearly 70% of his first serves were on target.

  Singles - Round 2: Tomas Berdych vs Ivo Karlovic

Order of Play - Thursday,  February 21, 2008

 Location: Court 1, time: 13:00

Result: Tomas Berdych lost to Ivo Karlovic 4-6, 4-6

 Tomas Berdych returns the ball to Ivo Karlovic

  Karlovic rained down 17 aces as he dominated Berdych  

Croatian Ivo Karlovic sent another seed out when he hit 17 aces on his way to defeating fifth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-4. He now improves to 5-3 on the season and inches ahead in their head-to-head standings (2-1). Karlovic who is making his debut in Rotterdam, led the ATP circuit in four service categories last season, including aces (1,318).

World No. 12 Berdych, who reached the quarterfinals in Sydney (l. to Guccione) and lost to No. 1 Roger Federer in the fourth round at the Australian Open, slips to 7-3 for the season.

 Karlovic pounds Berdych

21-02-2008

Ivo Karlovic launched no less than seventeen aces past Tomas Berdych this afternoon. The Czech, who is seeded 5th, was simply unable to withstand the service onslaught of his Croatian opponent. Berdych is the seventh seeded player to be knocked out during the opening rounds of the tournament.

The crowd looked on in amazement as Karlovic and Berdych launched a barrage of missile-like serves at each other. Although Berdych comfortably beat twofold finalist Ivan Ljubicic in the first round, he was unable to gain the upper hand against Karlovic. Unlike his opponent, who secured no less than eleven breakpoints, Berdych was unable to force a single breakpoint.

   Davydenko, Ferrer, Berdych all upset in Rotterdam 

Second seed Nikolay Davydenko, third seed David Ferrer and fifth seed Tomas Berdych were all upset on Thursday in straight sets by their opponents in the second round of the World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

World No. 4 Davydenko of Russia went down 3-6, 5-7 to Frenchman Michael Llodra, ranked No. 58 in the world.

World No. 5 Spaniard Ferrer were beaten by German qualifier Mischa Zverev, the world No. 98, in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5. This was the first ever win for the 20-year-old Zverev over a top 10 player in his career.

Meanwhile, World No. 12 Berdych of the Czech Republic were easily defeated by Croatian Ivo Karlovic, the world No. 24, who won 6-4, 6-4.

So far, seven of the eight seeds of the 824,000-euro hard court event have been ousted. 

The only seed left, world No. 2 and top-seeded Rafael Nadal of Spain will take on World No. 42 Italian Andreas Seppi later on Thursday.

he Rotterdam event has a particularly strong field this year, drawing five of the world's top 10 and nine of the world's top 20 players.

    Rafael Nadal continued the seed exodus  

... as unseeded Italian Andreas Seppi stunned the World No. 2 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Seppi, who saved one match point as he defeated Lleyton Hewitt in the first round yesterday, hit eight aces and converted four of eight break points to close out his first victory over the Spaniard in three attempts after two hours and 14 minutes.

Seppi, who lives in Caldaro, Italy, celebrates his 24th birthday today. "I couldn't think of a better birthday present," he explained afterwards, smiling from ear to ear. "It was one of my best matches ever, not least because I served well." Going into the tournament, Seppi could never have imagined that he would beat Lleyton Hewitt and Rafael Nadal in the same week "I had already booked my return flight for Wednesday evening, but had to change it."

   Doubles - QF: Friday,  February 22, 2008

(WC)Robin Haase/Peter Wessels vs Tomas Berdych/Dmitry Tursunov (CZE/RUS)

Tomas Berdych - Dmitry Tursunov

Australian Open champions Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram extended their winning streak to nine matches by defeating Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 5-7, 10-6 in Rotterdam Friday.

Erlich and Ram have now reached the semifinals or better in three of the four tournaments they have played in 2008. They next face Tomas Berdych and Dmitry Tursunov (pictured), who defeated Robin Haase and Peter Wessels 6-1, 6-4.

Philipp Kohlshcreiber and Mikhail Youzhny advanced to the final at ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament by defeating No. 2 seeds and reigning US Open champions Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle 7-6(5), 7-5 on Saturday in Rotterdam.

They will face the new team of Tomas Berdych and Dmitry Tursunov in the final after the Czech-Russian duo edged out reigning Australian Open champions Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, 7-5, 4-6, 10-7. Erlich and Ram had come into the semifinal match riding a nine match winning streak.

Kohlschreiber and Youzhny won the Munich title last year in their only other appearance as a duo. Kohlschreiber has a 4-0 record in ATP doubles finals, most recently winning in January at Doha with Czech David Skoch. Youzhny has a 3-2 record with his last title win coming at Munich.

Berdych will be appearing in his first career ATP doubles final, and Tursunov his fifth. Tursunov won his sole doubles title last year in Moscow with Marat Safin.

  Berdych/Tursunov Claim First Team Title  

Rookie pairing Czech Tomas Berdych and Russian Dmitry Tursunov claimed their first ATP doubles title together on Sunday with a 7-5, 3-6, 10-7 victory over Russian Mikhail Youzhny and German Philipp Kohlschreiber in a final that featured four standout singles players at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.

Both teams broke serve once, and Youzhny/Kohlschreiber actually won more points (65-62) than their opponents, but it was Berdych and Tursunov who were able to claim the victory in 1hr., 21mins.

Berdych, ranked No. 12 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings, was contesting his first career ATP doubles final. World No. 33 Tursunov was appearing in his fifth (2-3), with his first title coming last year in Moscow (w/Safin).

"I'm pretty happy about my first doubles victory," said Berdych. With all the finalists ranked inside the Top 35 of the South African Airways ATP Rankings, Berdych commented: "If you look at the singles final there was Michael Llodra who I actually see more as a doubles player. I think it's good, people can see how equal the level in tennis is.

"Everybody can be in the final, everybody can win the tournament. It's really nice because with the new rules everybody was expecting more singles players in the doubles draw. It's nice not to see the same people in the final every week."

  Berdych/Tursunov claimed their first ATP doubles title together  SEE PHOTO   

  Federer leads ATP list - Berdych back in top 10

Mon, 25 Feb 2008

Hamburg - Roger Federer was the familiar number one while Tomas Berdych returned into the top 10 of the latest men's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP. Federer has 6,630 points as the Swiss ranks ahead of Spain's Rafael Nadal (5,980) and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia (5,070). The Czech player Berdych rose from 12th to 10th with 1,685 points.

ATP top 10 as of February 25 (previous ranking in parenthesis): 1. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 6,630 points; 2. (2) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 5,980; 3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 5,070; 4. (5) David Ferrer, Spain, 2,695; 5. (4) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 2,640; 6. (6) Andy Roddick, United States, 2,120; 7. (7) Richard Gasquet, France, 1,885; 8. (11) David Nalbandian, Argentina, 1,875; 9. (9) James Blake, United States, 1,710; 10. (12) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 1,685.