The Czech, runner-up at Wimbledon last year, was pushed
hard by Tursunov who grabbed his one break point chance of the match to extend
the contest into a deciding set.
"It was a close match between two players who play
their best tennis on this surface and today I was the luckiest one," fourth
seed Berdych told reporters.
"Now I will have my first match against
(Jo-Wilfried) Tsonga on the tour and I am happy about that but it won't be
easy." Cypriot Marcos
Baghdatis also reached the last eight as he followed his impressive win over
Andy Murray on Wednesday with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Feliciano Lopez of Spain.
"It was a tricky match after beating Murray
yesterday, the conditions on this court were good to Lopez as he always comes in,"
Baghdatis told reporters.
"It is hard to get him into a rally and then you get
no rhythm, so I had to take the few chances I got." Baghdatis now plays Croatian Ivan
Ljubicic who continued his good form at a tournament in which he was finalist
in 2005 and 2007/ He brushed aside French qualifier Benoit Paire 6-0 6-4.
Top
seed Robin Soderling will be in action later today against Philipp
Kohlschreiber.
