Evergreen Berdych Beats Thiem At Wimbledon

If there was a medal for perseverance, Tomas Berdych would be a recipient. The Czech, at his strongest Grand Slam championship, continues to roll back the clock to evoke memories of his peak-performance days en route to the 2010 Wimbledon final.

Berdych, the 31-year-old No. 11 seed, recorded his second Top 10 match win of the year (Raonic, Lyon) to knock out eighth-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-7(1), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in two hours and 53 minutes on Monday for a place in the quarter-finals at The Championships.

Tomas Berdych tops Dominic Thiem in five sets to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals.

"I think I showed pretty good tennis," said Berdych. "I was serving very well throughout the whole match. I was making a lot of chances also in the sets that I lost. But I think I had it pretty much under control all the time, which was the most important thing, and I was just dictating the game. It's a win, which is very important to me."

Now 41-13 at Wimbledon, Berdych will be hoping to equal last year’s semi-final run (l. to Murray). The Czech now faces second seed and three-time former champion Novak Djokovic or Adrian Mannarino.

Source: http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/djokovic-berdych-thiem-wimbledon-2017-monday2