Date: 27th Sept 2007

Berdych through, Haas and Danai out

World #10 Tomas Berdych sailed through into the final eight of the Thailand Open, but high-ranked Tommy Haas and local host favorite Danai Udomchoke lost in two straight sets on Thursday night.

Berdych took less than an hour to beat Misha Zverev of Germany 6-1, 6-4 on Thursday night.

Haas, the current German #2, played in the afternoon session but surprised the crowd by losing to the unseeded Nicolas Mahut of France in a tight match 4-6, 4-6.

Another big match of the day saw Benjamin Becker start off strongly and outplay the home favorite Danai 6-2, 6-3

“I played aggressively enough and could control the game very early on. I am happy that I won today even though I knew the crowd supported Danai,” said Becker.

Meanwhile Danai admitted that he lost to a better player whom he defeated 6-2 during a training session a few days ago.

“In practice, he didn’t serve well so I had a chance to return his second serve. Today he had a very good first serve and deserved to win.”

Full results of Thursday’s matches:

Stadium
8] F Verdasco (ESP) def. F Dancevic (CAN) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
[6] D Tursunov (RUS)def. M Llodra (FRA)  6-4, 6-4
[WC] S Ratiwatana (THA) / S Ratiwatana (THA) def. [4] E Butorac (USA) / T Perry (AUS) 7-5, 7-5
N Mahut (FRA) def. [4] T Haas (GER) 6-4, 6-4

B Becker (GER def. [WC] D Udomchoke (THA) 6-2, 6-3
[3] T Berdych (CZE) def. M Zverev (GER) 6-1, 6-4

Court 1
P Pala (CZE) / D Skoch (CZE) def. A Delic (USA) / J Kerr (AUS) 7-5, 1-6, 10-4
[WC] Y Wang (TPE) def. [Q] N Lindahl (AUS) 6-3, 6-3
V Spadea (USA) / F Verdasco (ESP) def. [1] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR)  5-7, 6-3, 10-8
[7] I Karlovic (CRO) def. [LL] S Stadler (GER) 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 7-5
[Q] D Meffert (GER) def. I Kunitsyn (RUS) 3-6, 7-6(8), 6-0
A Fisher (AUS) / J Thomas (USA)  [2] def. J Coetzee (RSA) / R Wassen (NED) 6-3, 2-6, 10-5
Please note: please refer to the official website www.thailandopen.org for more information and order of play.