The Spaniard was forced to deploy his best tennis against one that put Berdych on the ropes at times
The Spanish tennis player Rafa Nadal broke in two sets to Tomas Berdych in the 1000 Rome Masters, beating the Czech 6-4, 7-5. The Spaniard will face in the semifinals of this tournament also Spanish David Ferrer.
The first set was fairly even. The game displayed by both players incited a game very long, as Berdych responded very well to attack Nadal and vice versa. However, the Spanish won 6-4 to set the quiet place in your favor.
In the second set, everything went to equalize until the Czech broke serve in the tennis world No. 3. Tomas Berdych began to put on the ropes the Spaniard, deploying several hits right hands.
However, Nadal rallied to his game. He managed to destabilize his rival, he got nervous and changed its strategy. It came to even the score at four. With the 5-5, Rafa again made a change of pace to break again the service of Czech and win their serve to establish the final 7-5.
Thus, Rafa Nadal becomes semifinalist 1000 Rome Masters, the fifth of the season, will face David Ferrer also Spanish. Whereupon, the Roman tournament will secure a Spanish representative in the final.