The quarters have been rather rough for the top 2 seeds in Oeiras.
Berdych
An imperfect Tomas had to recover from a 1 set down to finally win 3-6 6-4 6-4 in 2 hours and 9 minutes against Leonard Mayer. Match Stats.
The Czech commented “I respect every opponent I play. Leonardo was playing well. He can hit the ball very hard and strong. It was really up and down today, but in the end, finally, I re-focused myself and brought my best tennis in the last three or four games.”
Tomas will play Victor Hanescu in the semifinal. Head to head is 1-0 for Berdych, but that was on the grass.
Raonic
Tough luck for Milos Raonic that was defeated by clay court specialist Carlos Berlocq 7-5 6-4. Match Stats.
Milos was rather upset by the defeat to comment “I wasn’t mentally strong when I needed to be. I allowed him to get into it and I became a bit too predictable. I think a lot of things need to improve and I think they will, over time.”
The semifinals line-up will be as follows
Berdych – Hanescu
Berlocq – Gimeno-Traver
