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Berdych - Cilic is the final of the tournament in Beijing8-10-2011 |
Tomas Berdych, and Marin Cilic will face each other in the final of tennis tournament in Beijing with prize money $ 2,100,000. On semi-seeded third in the scheme beat Berdych in three sets 6:4, 4:6, 6:1 favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. The match continued for nearly two hours. Slipper made eight aces and broke his series of seven matches without a win against Tsonga. Berdych has not played the final of the nearly one and a half. For Czech Republic's last chance was to win the title at Wimbledon in 2010. In the other semifinal win Cilic clash with Croatian veteran Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-3. The winner made 13 goals against 9 aces to his opponent. In the second set, trailing by Marin Cilic 1-3, but then won five consecutive games and won the match for the title on Sunday. Two years ago Cilic lost the final in Beijing Novak Djokovic. Ivan Ljubicic has reached three times the semi-finals of the prestigious tournament in China.