Tomas Berdych.net
a.k.a. The Birdman
 Place: Dubai, UAE
Date: February March 3-8,
2008
Draw
Size: 32 Surface - Hard
2007 Roger
Federer
S I N G L E S
Andy Murray' was drawn against holder and top seed Roger Federer in first round. Never before in a 32-man draw has a player ranked as high as Murray - 12th in the world - been vulnerable to so demanding an opening engagement, but such is the growing popularity of this desert classic that the top seven men in the game are in attendance, leaving 10th-ranked Czech Tomas Berdych to claim the precious eighth seeding.
(1)Roger Federer
(SUI) vs Andy Murray (GBR) (4)David Ferrer (ESP)
vs Tommy Haas (GER) (7)Richard Gasquet
(FRA) vs Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) (6)Andy Roddick
(USA) vs Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) With the world's top seven players on view and No 10 Tomas Berdych completing the list of seeds, this $1.5m event is firmly entrenched on the men's calendar. Federer, a part-time Dubai resident, is intent on winning his fifth title here in the past six years.
D O U B L E S
Seeds: (cut: Coetzee/Moodie -
56)
(1)Daniel
Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic (CAN/SRB) vs Tomas Berdych/Jarkko Nieminen (CZE/FIN) Jeff Coetzee/Wesley
Moodie (RSA) vs Feliciano Lopez/Rafael Nadal (ESP)
Order of Play - Monday, March 3, 2008 Court 3
Match Start 2.00 pm
Top seeds Nenad Zimonjic and Daniel Nestor advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 7-6(6) win over Tomas Berdych and Jarkko Nieminen.
Order of Play - Tuesday, March 4, 2008 CENTRE COURT Match Start 2:00 pm
Tomas Berdych reacts
during his match against France's Gael Monfils
at the ATP Dubai Tennis
Championships March 4, 2008.
Tomas
Berdych of the Czech Republic was quite comfortable during his
straight set run past upcoming French youngster Gael Monfils. Monfils,
who was making his first appearance on the circuit after a serious knee
operation in September 2007 was pleased with the
result. "My first match and the result was good though I did not get the points I needed badly in the first set. I have to get back to my usual game and will have to go slowly first, following my coach's advice and rehabilitation programme," said Monfils. "The conditions in Dubai are near perfect with no wind so far but
the heat and the fast surface may be more difficult to handle as the days go
by," Berdych
said. "It is difficult to get used to the conditions quickly when one comes straight from the European legs."
Tomas Berdych signs
autographs after winning his match against
Earlier Gael Monfils, the former triple Grand Slam champion at
junior level, made his comeback after five months out with a knee injury.
Although Monfils was well beaten by the impressively in-form Tomas Berdych, his 6-3, 6-2 defeat was a
sufficiently trouble-free workout to raise his morale about the future.
Order of Play - Wednesday, March 5, 2008 COURT 3 Match
Start 3:30 pm
Result: Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat 8-Tomas
Berdych (Czech Republic) 6-2 7-5
Feliciano Lopez, conqueror of the 8th Czech Tomas Berdych SEE PHOTO
Eighth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych was dismissed 6-2, 7-5 by Spanish left-hander Feliciano Lopez. Berdych came back from 2-5 to 5-5 in the second set as he strove to avoid a one-sided defeat but found Lopez, who delivered ten aces, in good form and keen for a quarter-final with his compatriot David Ferrer, the world number four. (F. Lopez def. D. Ferrer March 6 and reached SF).
|
Palmare
Welcome to my site tomas-berdych.net ♥
My site. My World.
Feel free to visit Interlaken's
blog with the latest news,
photos, videos... all things
Tomas Berdych in 2010!
Good Luck to my favorite tennis
player on the ATP Tour.
Make Every Second Count.
Recent Blog Entries
Upcoming Events
Recent Photos
Other Photos
Safin, Berdych for Unicef 2006
Berdych ATP Player Vignette
Berdych Feel The Passion
Tomas Berdych Tokyo 2008
"Under the Spotlight" 2008
ATP Feel It ! Tomas Berdych
Berdych's Off-season Training
A long Rally Barcelona 2009
A long Rally Final Munich 2009
