Tomas Berdych.net

2004 Olympic Games Athens

Federer crashes out! The Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych caused the upset of the men’s singles tennis competition after he beat world number one Roger Federer in three sets. The Wimbledon champion lost 6-4 5-7 5-7 to the unseeded 18-year-old in the second round match on Tuesday. Berdych, ranked 74th in the world, will now play Spain’s 15th seed Tommy Robredo in the next round. Second seed Andy Roddick fought back from two match points down to beat Germany’s Tommy Haas 4-6 6-3 9-7. Berdych was ecstatic after his victory. “It was everything. This guy won Wimbledon and the Australian Open and now you are the player who beats him. Unbelievable.”

2005 US Open 

September 3, 2005 - Agassi survives Berdych scare to reach last 16! Seventh seed Andre Agassi survived a huge test of his U.S. Open credentials on Saturday as he beat Czech teenager Tomas Berdych 3-6 6-1 6-4 7-6 to reach the fourth round. The 19-year-old Berdych stunned Agassi in the first set with some massive hitting but the 35-year-old American dug deep to clinch victory in exactly 2 1/2 hours. Berdych beat world number one Roger Federer at the Olympic Games last year and another upset looked on the cards when he stormed through the opening set. Agassi showed all his experience to take the second and third sets, but Berdych served for the fourth set at 5-3 only for Agassi to break back and win the tiebreak 7-2.