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Order of Play - Saturday, May 3, 2014

Tomas Berdych reaches the Portugal Open final in Oeiras

PORTUGAL OPEN 2014

Berdych Earns Oeiras Final Berth, Awaits Berlocq or Gimeno-Traver

Oeiras, Portugal

by ATP Staff  | 03.05.2014

Top seed Tomas Berdych continued his strong run of form at the Portugal Open with a dominant 6-2, 6-2 victory over Victor Hanescu on Saturday.

Berdych advances to face either Carlos Berlocq or Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the Oeiras final. The top Czech will vie for his third clay-court title and first since hoisting the trophy at the 2009 BMW Open by FWU AG Munich in 2009 (d. Youzhny). It will be his 22nd tour-level final overall.

"It will be great," said Berdych. "It's always a pleasure to get to the final stages of the week in tournaments. I'm really looking forward to it.

"This is the way I want to perform on the clay. You need the days like yesterday to battle through tough situations and get the good results. I want to improve my game at this level and go higher and higher."

The World No. 6 improved to 24-5 in 2014 with the win over Hanescu, needing just over one hour to claim victory. He fired five aces and converted on all four break points garnered. Berdych will contest his first final since ending a 16-month title drought at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament earlier this year in Rotterdam.

Hanescu, meanwhile, was bidding for his 200th tour-level win.

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Tomas will contest his 22nd final after defeating Victor Hanescu

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Portuguese Pursuit

Tomas Berdych will vie for his first clay-court title in five years on Sunday in Oeiras.

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