In a half dominated by Djokovic and Murray, we have an unexpected semifinal between Berdych and Wawrinka.
Berdych – Murray 7-6 (3) 6-4
It tooks just over 2 hours for Tomas to win this close encounter. The Czech had to rally from a break down in the firs set to win the opener at the tiebreak. After exchanging breaks at the beginning of the second set, Berdych won the decisive break in the 5th game to lead 3-2.
“I was able to turn the first set on my side, which was very important. I’m really happy for that. With him it’s never easy. Even that we played two sets, it was really long two sets. You really have to fight a lot for a small chance.” commented Berdych.
Wawrinka – Tsonga 6-2 6-7 (9) 6-4
The Swiss reaches he semis defeating a tough Tsonga in a tricky and exciting 3 setter. The Frenchman managed to save 3 match points in the second set tiebreak to win the breaker at 9. In the decider Stan kept his cool to break Jo once without conceding any break points.
“The tie-break was really tough because I had some opportunities to play really well, but at the end I was just trying to push myself mentally to stay in the match and trying to push him physically that maybe he would give me some opportunities to break him,” commented the Swiss.
