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Berdych 1 win away from Tour
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 09 - 11 - 2011

Tomas Berdych is just one win away from securing a berth in the ATP World Tour Finals after beating Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-3, 7-5 in the second round of the Paris Masters Tuesday.
The 2005 Paris champion won five straight games in the first set to rally from a 3-1 deficit, hitting 12 winners to only three for Verdasco.
Berdych then broke the Spaniard twice for a 5-2 lead in the second set but wasted four match points to let Verdasco level at 5-5.
Yet, the fifth-seeded Czech broke Verdasco again with a forehand pass before clinching victory with a crosscourt backhand winner.
Andy Roddick also moved into the third round by downing Julien Benneteau of France 6-4, 6-4.
The 13th-seeded American made only 12 unforced errors compared to 25 for Benneteau.
Roddick can no longer qualify for the tour finals but he can still end the year in the top 10. The last time Roddick failed to finish a season in the top 10 was 2001.
“I'm looking forward to this offseason and getting an extended period to train, come back, and feel like I'm actually ready,” Roddick said.
Meanwhile, Feliciano Lopez of Spain, Ivan Dodig of Croatia, Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine, Jeremy Chardy of France and John Isner of the US won their first-round matches.
Lopez beat Michael Llodra of France 7-6 (7), 6-3, Dodig rallied past Fabio Fognini of Italy 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, Stakhovsky defeated Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-4, 6-3, and Isner edged Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-7 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (5).
Dodig will next take on top-seeded Novak Djokovic.
Lopez saved four set points in the tiebreaker before jumping to a 4-0 lead in the second set and firing an ace to clinch victory.
The Spanish lefty will next play eighth-seeded Gael Monfils of France.
Nishikori got a cold dose of reality after stunning Djokovic last weekend to reach the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basel. He could only convert two of 14 break chances against Stakhovsky, who won to meet Viktor Troicki of Serbia.


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