feels pleased with his start to the season. The Czech player defeated Diego Schwartzman in four sets to book a fourth-round clash against Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open. For Berdych, every match matters: Everything is important, he said.
The first round was as important as the second and third. Everything counts for me. In the beginning, I was too passive, I was leaving too much room and Schwartzman made me feel more uncomfortable than what I wanted to. But I was able to adopt giving myself changes and winning in four sets.
I had the match under control. On his next match against Nadal, Berdych added; I am not too good with statistics, I cannot tell how many times I faced him (four wins out of 23 meetings). But I am ready. Facing Rafael or another big player is always special.
Thats why I am still on Tour: to face these players. This is something unique. I feel well, there is always a good feeling after winning. It was a good fight. I knew there would be another difficult opponent and another challenge for me.
The match against Schwartzman was much different than my first two rounds: tougher. Berdych is satisfied with how his comeback is going: The way I see things. Its all together. It comes up to the result that Im really feeling very good on court, he said.
Yes, its a combination of a different preparation, a different approach. Quite a lot of changes for me in the last six months. Seems theyre paying off. On the Big 3 dominance – Nadal, Federer and Djokovic – Berdych added: Our generation is too strong.
Its just proved by the results. You have a clear fact, clear results. Thats so far how it is. The only change is, were just getting older its a process you cannot stop. One day its going to get ended.
The young ones are going to take over. Were just trying to do our best. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title
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