Davydenko falls victim to Berdych
WIMBLEDON
Date: 22 June - 5 July
Number 20 seed Tomas Berdych produced a a powerful performance to crush Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 6-2 6-3 6-2 and make Wimbledon's fourth round.
Davydenko had won all of the pair's previous eight meetings, but struggled with the variety of the Czech's serve and power of his ground strokes.
And, despite a late wobble from Berdych, he could not fight back.
Meanwhile Tommy Haas clinched an epic five-set victory over Marin Cilic in a match delayed from Friday evening.
The players had stopped play at 6-6 in the decider, and it was the German number 24 who stole ahead after the resumption to seize victory 7-5 7-5 1-6 6-7 (3-7) 10-8.
Cilic's powerful first serve delivered 26 aces through the match for the 11th seed but fatally faltered as the fifth wore on to allow Haas into the fourth round.
Haas goes on to play Russian Igor Andreev, while Jurgen Melzer or Andy Roddick now await the 23-year-old Berdych.
After coming through four-and-a-half hours of drama over two days, 31-year-old Haas said: "I don't know why they don't have lights here.
"I have never stopped a match a 6-6 before in the final set. It's tough to come back but I'm happy to get through.
"I think they should be like the US Open and have a tie-break in the final set. I could hardly get out of bed today, but the adrenaline took over."
Another thrilling encounter to resume following the late-night drama on Friday night was 29th seed Andreev against Italian Andreas Seppi.
Andreev led overnight by two sets to one with the fourth set tied at 5-5, and the Russian wasted little time in coming through a tie-break 7-5 to secure the victory.
