tomas berdych

Manacor again to show that recovering his best, and in a good game, the Czech won with relative comfort.

Rafael Nadal reached the semifinals of the move to the Cincinnati Masters 1000 (United States) to beat Czech Tomas Berdych, 6-4 and by 7-5.

Two sets and Nadal needed just over an hour and forty minute game to complete the group of four players who seek a place in the final.

The party could not the entire set, endured the pressure and got the advantage with a 5-6 game in favor after a full of great plays.

Despite the fact that Czech is not easy to put it, not Nadal threw the towel in no time and reached it to the semifinals with a 5-7 in the second set.

Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych fought for the eighth time, the last four with victory for Rafa. After this match, Nadal leads the series with a 5-3 in their favor, but is 3-2 in lower courts hard.

Manacor is the face in the semifinals Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, the fourth head of the series, who became a semifinalist in the 1000 Cincinnati Masters to beat in the quarterfinals at the French Gilles Simon, 6-4 and by 7-5.

In the other semifinal, Andy Murray, currently number two in the ranking, will face world number one against the Swiss Roger Federer. best start for the Majorcan, with a break in the first game and pressure the Czech minus many of its services, one of the strengths of Berdych.

In a demonstration of his best tennis and noting the level shown in the match against Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, Nadal won the first set by 6 games to 4.

The Czech player started strong winning the second race the first game. Nadal was not intimidated and, despite going behind almost

Tomorrow will face the winner of the Roddick-Davydenko

One point marked the decline of a tense battle. During 72 minutes Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych had a fight dense, very tactical, nothing spectacular. The Mallorcan insisted machaconamente throwing balls long and very liftadas unlike his rival to prevent it using his tremendous right flat. And the Czech used the minimum option to take this hub and martillear.

Nadal, who saved two breaks in his second service and another in the fourth, took their first choice to break the serve of his opponent: 5-3. Berdych saved a ball set in the next game, and with his draw, with two other 15-40. In the tie-break Rafa was 6-3 and had three other balls September. Nor. But then, for Nadal 7-6, Berdych committed double fault, the only one in the whole match, and handed the set.

It ended the war. Oliendo blood, Nadal was launched as a wolf his prey at the start of the second set and broke Berdych for the service to begin. "I knew that he had done twice lack damage and that the next game could be crucial, as was" confirmed Nadal at the end of the match.

It ended the tremendous power of the Czech, who still tried to recover by winning their next two service (4-2). But Nadal already flying. There was no concession to his draw and no longer had that bore with his appeal liftadas ball. His range of strokes was more varied and effective. And Rafa wound up the set with two more games, the last blank: 6-2 in just 29 minutes. Berdych, a huge rock at the beginning, ending broken by the great mental strength of Nadal, which now seems to fail Federer. Tomorrow (19:00, La2 and Teledeporte) Nadal will play the final in Miami. If the wins will be placed only 500 points of Federer. It deserves to be number 1.