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Tomas will play his 3rd Round match at Indian Wells Masters against Spaniard Fernando Verdasco. They have played against each other seven times before. Tomas leads H2H 4-3.

Head to Head Tomas Berdych vs Fernando Verdasco

Berdych FastFacts:

2010 Highlights:

SF: Brisbane (l Roddick); QF: San Jose (l Roddick); Memphis (l Gulbis)

YTD W-L: 10-5

YTD Titles: 0

Career Titles: 5

Date of Birth: September 17, 1985

South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 25

Verdasco FastFacts:

2010 Highlights:

W: San Jose (d Roddick); QF: Acapulco (l Monaco)

YTD W-L: 11-3

YTD Titles: 1

Career Titles: 4

Date of Birth: November 15, 1983

South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 12

Order of Play - Monday, March 15, 2010

STADIUM 2 start 11:00 am

[21] J Monaco (ARG) vs [11] J Ferrero (ESP) - ATP

[12] V Zvonareva (RUS) vs A Sevastova (LAT) - WTA

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs [26] Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) - ATP

[19] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs [10] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - ATP

[3] V Azarenka (BLR) vs [28] M Martinez Sanchez (ESP) - WTA

Order of Play - Sunday, March 14, 2010

COURT 4 start 11:00 am

[15] F Schiavone (ITA) vs [19] A Rezai (FRA) - WTA

[28] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Paul Henri Mathieu (FRA) - ATP

[6] B Mattek-Sands (USA) / Z Yan (CHN) vs [WC] T Garbin (ITA) / J Jankovic (SRB) - WTA

Tomas Berdych (CZE) / Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs [2] Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) - ATP

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs [WC] Mario Ancic (CRO) / Mardy Fish (USA) - ATP

[Q] Ricardo Mello (BRA) vs [24] Albert Montanes (ESP) - ATP

There was a surprise in the opening round of the men’s doubles, with the team of Tomas Berdych-Philipp Kohlschreiber checking the Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5.

Doubles First Round - Results

Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal, Spain, def. Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Leander Paes (3), India, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6.

Simon Aspelin, Sweden, and Paul Hanley (6), Australia, def. Jordan Kerr, Australia, and Filip Polasek, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-3.

Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (1), Serbia, def. Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram, United States, 6-3, 6-4.

Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Mario Ancic, Croatia, and Mardy Fish, United States, 7-6 (9), 6-3.

Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, and Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Bob and Mike Bryan (2), United States, 7-6 (4), 7-5.

Good Job, Guys!

Doubles

Seeds: (cut: Advanced - 75; On Site - 85)

1. Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic

2. Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan

3. Lukas Dlouhy/Leander Paes

4. Mahesh Bhupathi/Max Mirnyi

5. Frantisek Cermak/Michal Mertinak

6. Simon Aspelin/Paul Hanley

7. Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski

8. Christopher Kas/Dick Norman

Main Draw

(1)Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic (CAN/SRB) vs Eric Butorac/Rajeev Ram (USA)

James Blake/Andy Roddick (USA) vs Ross Hutchins/Andy Murray (GBR)

Thomaz Bellucci/Pablo Cuevas (BRA/URU) vs Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares (BRA)

(5)Frantisek Cermak/Michal Mertinak (CZE/SVK) vs Benjamin Becker/Stephen Huss (GER/AUS)

(ALT)Igor Andreev/Evgueni Korolev (RUS) vs (4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Max Mirnyi (IND/BLR)    [Andreev/Korolev replace Nicolas Almagro/Tommy Robredo]

John Isner/Samuel Querrey (USA) vs Marin Cilic/Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)

David Ferrer/Albert Montanes (ESP) vs Gael Monfils/Gilles Simon (FRA)

Ivo Karlovic/Dusan Vemic (CRO/SRB) vs (7)Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (POL)

Janko Tipsarevic/Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs (8)Christopher Kas/Dick Norman (GER/BEL)

Michael Llodra/Andy Ram (FRA/ISR) vs Martin Damm/Radek Stepanek (CZE)

Feliciano Lopez/Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs (WC)Mario Ancic/Mardy Fish (CRO/USA)

(3)Lukas Dlouhy/Leander Paes (CZE/IND) vs (WC)Marc Lopez/Rafael Nadal (ESP)

(6)Simon Aspelin/Paul Hanley (SWE/AUS) vs Jordan Kerr/Filip Polasek (AUS/SVK)

Julien Benneteau/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Robert Lindstedt/Robin Soderling

Johan Brunstrom/Jean-Julien Rojer (SWE/AHO) vs Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

(2)Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) vs Tomas Berdych/Philipp Kohlschreiber (CZE/GER)

Order of Play - Saturday, March 13, 2010

COURT 6 start 11:00 am

A Dulgheru (ROU) vs [28] M Martinez Sanchez (ESP) - WTA

Not Before 12:30 PM

M Kirilenko (RUS) / A Radwanska (POL) vs V Dushevina (RUS) / A Rodionova (AUS) - WTA

[19] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs Florent Serra (FRA) - ATP

[21] Juan Monaco (ARG) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) - ATP

[25] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Philipp Petzschner (GER) - ATP

Tomas received a bye for the first round, and in the second round he will play against Frenchman Florent Serra. They have played against each other once before. It was at the Masters Series Hamburg in 2006. I was surprised to find out that Serra won the match in 3 sets 6-4, 0-6, 7-5. Well, time for revenge.

finally Tomas won! it was laborious, to say the least

ambiance...

it's just started and after only 4 minutes of play, Tomas faces 1st bp

it was a festival of break points, very stressful behind the computer only following Live Scores

well, it's no no walk in the park against Florent Serra, a player currently ranked 63 in the world

Tomas managed to fight wind, opponent and his nerves. He wins 1st set in 48 minutes. Keep on going!

at the beginning of 2nd set... break opportunity for Tomas...

alas, Serra holds his serve

see Tomas is up 3-2 and to serve for leading with a comfortable 4-2, sounds good

but no...  it's Serra who can break Tomas' serve *mad, mad, mad*

arrghhhh, Serra... he did it!

you think Tomas will make it to 5-5.... but....

nooooooooo... unbelievable, Serra breaks AND win 2nd set by 6-4. Tomas should have won the whole thing

and me I should be sleeping and making sweet dreams about victory.

in the 3rd set, look at this... 3 mp...  OK on Serra's serve... but still... THREE mp in his racquet!

.... seems that the gods of tennis are on Serra's side who saves all 3 MPs

Finally after an epic match of 2 hours 17 minutes Tomas gets 3 MPs, this time on his serve

...and it's all good on the 2nd mp. I can go to bed it's 2:18 AM here in Europa. nite-nite

I  dont' want to think about his next round against lefty Verdasco, windy tournament,

overall shitty court 6 with no live streaming, no tv coverage, no photo of Tomas in the media. Nothing. I'm just happy that Tomas is through to Round 3 at Indian Wells Masters 1000. Last year Tomas lost in the 1st round to Viktor Troicki 3-6 1-6, well,  today's victory is sweet! Bravo Tomas who must be relieved to be through. It was not easy.