

The ball clips the top of the net and dribbles over to Federer’s side. It’s just not going Federer’s way, though. But Federer’s pumped up now! He forces Berdych to err again and he bellows as the Czech’s defensive volley flies long. One break point’s gone and the other soon disappears too.

We can’t see HawkEye! Although it does turn out that the ball was in. The machine’s broken! Technology has let us down! Federer is furious. Federer returns and challenges the serve as Berdych punches a volley away. Berdych hammers a first serve down the middle.

Federer keeps pushing, however, moving into a 15-30 lead, and then Berdych pings a backhand miles wide to make it 15-40. A strange rule, but there’s nothing Federer can do about it - or a huge Berdych forehand down the line for 15-all. Federer challenges, but the ball caught the line, so Berdych gets another first serve. A Berdych second serve is called out - and then it’s swiftly corrected. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.First set: Berdych* 5-4 Federer (*denotes server): Serving for the set, Berdych starts to feel it for the first time, netting a backhand to make it 0-15. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.

