#usopen Berdych prevails after a stutter in the third set
He did give an indication that he'd be a tough cookie in his match with Federer.
From An interview with: TOMAS BERDYCH
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Q. Can you talk about your matchups with Roger over the years and what you expect when you play him?
TOMAS BERDYCH: Well, I mean, our last actually six matches we played it's 3-All, so it's a quite nice statistics. But, you know, this is another one. We didn't play couple of months. In that time, I mean, he played some incredible tennis again. You know, he won another Grand Slam, become No. 1 again, so, you know, probably is not ‑‑ there is no better player at all to play right now, so, yeah, I mean, when I saw the draw in the beginning, it was like, Yeah, that would be the goal to get into play a match with Roger. I'm there, so I will try to do my best. We will see.
Q. You had, I don't know, eight or nine matches. You beat him obviously in Athens and then eight or nine times you lost to him, but it has gotten close lately. Do you have a different approach now because of that when you play him? The last few matches have been a lot closer ‑ not closer, but at least you've won, as you say, three of the last six.
TOMAS BERDYCH: Yeah, I mean, last matches it's tough to say if I get closer or not. I mean, I was able to beat him three times, so whatever situation it was it just happens. So he's now strong again and we will see how it's gonna be, but I think it's gonna be quite different match than the matches before. You know, I'm different player as well. I'm getting, you know, more experience and, yeah, feeling good. So we will see what's gonna happen there.
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#usopen Berdych prevails after a stutter in the third set
He did give an indication that he'd be a tough cookie in his match with Federer.
From An interview with: TOMAS BERDYCH
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Q. Can you talk about your matchups with Roger over the years and what you expect when you play him?
TOMAS BERDYCH: Well, I mean, our last actually six matches we played it's 3-All, so it's a quite nice statistics. But, you know, this is another one. We didn't play couple of months. In that time, I mean, he played some incredible tennis again. You know, he won another Grand Slam, become No. 1 again, so, you know, probably is not ‑‑ there is no better player at all to play right now, so, yeah, I mean, when I saw the draw in the beginning, it was like, Yeah, that would be the goal to get into play a match with Roger. I'm there, so I will try to do my best. We will see.
Q. You had, I don't know, eight or nine matches. You beat him obviously in Athens and then eight or nine times you lost to him, but it has gotten close lately. Do you have a different approach now because of that when you play him? The last few matches have been a lot closer ‑ not closer, but at least you've won, as you say, three of the last six.
TOMAS BERDYCH: Yeah, I mean, last matches it's tough to say if I get closer or not. I mean, I was able to beat him three times, so whatever situation it was it just happens. So he's now strong again and we will see how it's gonna be, but I think it's gonna be quite different match than the matches before. You know, I'm different player as well. I'm getting, you know, more experience and, yeah, feeling good. So we will see what's gonna happen there.
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