Tomas Berdych wins Czech showdown to reach quarter-finals

ByReuters

Updated 05/07/2016 at 14:59 GMT

Tomas Berdych won a fifth-set shootout over Czech compatriot Jiri Vesely for a 4-6 6-3 7-6(8) 6-7(9) 6-3 victory on Tuesday, completing the Wimbledon men's quarter-final lineup after their match was suspended overnight in fading light.

Tomas Berdych celebrates winning his match against Czech Republic's Jiri Vesely.

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They had left the contest level when the umpire called time, much to the frustration of 10th seed Berdych, who has suffered a string of delays at the tournament and tried to get the match moved to Centre Court to be finished under the floodlit roof.

A pumped-up Vesely, 22, had the momentum on Monday, snatching a 71 minute fourth set on a tiebreak to force the decider. But it was 2010 finalist Berdych, 30, who seized the initiative in the fifth, breaking Vesely's first service game.

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