Tomas Berdych News

Friends and French Davis Cup teammates Gilles Simon and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were both pushed to decisive third sets in Valencia with decidedly different outcomes.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was forced to retire with a wrist injury while trailing Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 6-0 3-0 in round one of the Valencia Open.

Fernando Verdasco is chasing a Barclays ATP World Tour Finals spot. No. 4 seed Fernando Verdasco , who captured his first ATP World Tour title in Valencia five years ago, plays countryman and wild card Oscar Hernandez in the first round Wednesday at the Valencia Open 500.

Nikolay Davydenko of Russia cruised into the second round of the Valencia Open with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Colombian qualifier Alejandro Falla .

Agassi thinks he may have taken speed This January 21, 2004 file photo shows U.S. tennis player Andre Agassi during a break from the hot Australian sun during his men's singles second round match against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Marin Cilic took a wild card into the tournament. A busy Tuesday schedule features top seed Marin Cilic of Croatia, top Austrian and No.

It's official - the Grouchy Season has started. Here's Nadal complaining about the long season to reporters in Shanghai on Tuesday: "Ita s impossible to play 1st of January and finish 5th of December.

Second seed Novak Djokovic captured this third title of the season on Sunday, defeating Marin Cilic 6-2, 7-6 . The match took a pivotal momentum shift in the first set, with the scored tied at 2-2, deuce.

The Russian, who is retiring after next month's Paris Masters, claimed Berdych feigned injury during his 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win.

Tomas Berdych next will face former World No. 1 Marat Safin. ATP World Tour No. 14 Gael Monfils maintained his good run of form with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over French compatriot Paul-Henri Mathieu Tuesday in the first round of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 Presented by Rolex, the penultimate ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament of the season.

Mikhail Youzhny stayed unbeaten against third-seeded Gilles Simon with a three-set victory Thursday at the $1.2 million Japan Open in Tokyo.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga powered to a quick-fire 6-3 6-3 win over fellow Frenchman Gael Monfils on Saturday to reach the final of the Japan Open.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga overcame swirling on-court winds to beat his compatriot Richard Gasquet for a place in the quarter-finals at the Japan Open tennis tournament yesterday.

Defending champion Tomas Berdych cruised into the quarterfinals of the Japan Open with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Andreas Beck on Thursday.

Andreas Beck defeated fellow German Rainer Schuettler 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 on Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Japan Open.

Playing in his first match since winning the U.S. Open, top-seeded Argentine Juan Martin del Potro was upset by French qualifier Edouard Roger-Vasselin, 6-4, 6-4, in the first round at the $1.226 million Japan Open.

Fourth-seeded Gael Monfils and seventh-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka were a pair of first-round winners Monday at the $1.226 million Japan Open tennis event.

IT will not be a stroll in the park for top seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia when he faces the inspired Frenchman Gael Monfils in today's quarter-finals of the Proton Malaysian Open Tennis Championships at Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil.

Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko overcame Gael Monfils of France 6-3, 6-3 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Malaysian Open.

Tennis Gael Monfils sets up quarter-final against Davydenko at Malaysian Open October 02, 2009 Gael Monfils punished Martin Vassallo Arguello with 14 break points on the way to a 6-4 6-2 victory at the Malaysia Open to set up a quarter-final with No.1 seed Nikolay Davydenko.