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6/10/09 11:22 PM | Ricky Dimon
Mischa Zverev outlasts Tomas Berdych in a third-set tiebreaker on Wednesday at the Gerry Weber Open. He is joined in the quarterfinals by Philipp Kohlschreiber and Benjamin Becker.
Philipp Kohlschreiber d. (6) Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 7-6(6)
Kohlschreiber somehow managed to finish off Tursunov in straight sets at the Gerry Weber Open on Wednesday afternoon in Halle, Germany. It could have lasted a lot longer, but the German needed just an hour and 32 minutes to book his place in the quarterfinals. After Kohlschreiber took the opening set by a single break (one of eight chances), the two competitors traded one break each in the second, this requiring a tiebreaker to decide things. Tursunov raced to a 5-0 lead in the decider before collapsing, and Kohlschreiber eventually stormed back by winning eight of the last nine points. The world No. 24. who blasted 10 aces without one double-fault, no awaits either Andreas Beck or lucky loser Lukas Lacko.
Mischa Zverev d. (5) Tomas Berdych 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(8)
Zverev saved two match points in the third-set tiebreaker on his way to an upset win over Berdych that took two hours and 32 minutes. The 45th-ranked German overcame a one-set deficit by dominating the second frame of play with two breaks of serve. Berdych and Zverev exchanged two breaks apiece in the final set en route to a decisive tiebreaker. That's when things really got crazy. Zverev went up 6-3 only to squander three straight match points. He then saved match points at 6-7 and 7-8 before finally closing it out. “I felt that he would start to get anxious at some point,” noted Zverev. "I knew my chance would come.” Next up for Zverev is compatriot Tommy Haas.
Benjamin Becker d. (8) Rainer Schuettler 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
In a bizarre grass-court match, Becker survived Schuettler after two hours and one minute of action. Schuettler has been in dismal form this season and is seeded eighth simply because his ranking is inflated due to semifinal run at Wimbledon last summer. The veteran German played like he deserves such recognition in the second set, but he struggled with his consistency. Schuettler broke twice in set two and lost only three points in four service game, but he was a shadow of himself in the first and third sets. The 33-year-old could not even capitalize on 44-percent serving by his opponent, in part because Schuettler surrendered his serve a total of six times in the two sets he lost. Becker double-faulted five times but overcame those woes by firing 12 aces.
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