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Berdych into Halle quarters

Halle - Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych beat Jan Hernych 6-3, 7-6 (7) to reach the quarter-finals of the Gerry Weber Open on Wednesday.

Results from the Gerry Weber Open on Wednesday

The seventh-ranked Berdych broke twice in the first set and closed out the second-round match against his fellow Czech on his fourth match point at the grass-court tournament.

On Tuesday, Berdych saved three match points before beating Belgian qualifier Ruben Bemelmans.

"(Losing a service on match point) is maybe the one thing that I'm not happy with today. But it was I would say much more solid game than yesterday," said Berdych, the 2007 champion. "Missing two serves on match points, you just have to think about it after the match. But I got back into it and was mentally strong."

Berdych will play the 12th-ranked Viktor Troicki, who dismissed Igor Andreev of Russia 6-3, 6-1. The Serb needed just 53 minutes to complete the victory, breaking five times and losing just five points on his first serve.

"It will be a really tough game," Berdych said. "Only the ranking position could make me the favourite. He is really playing well the last couple of weeks."

Also on Wednesday, defending champion Lleyton Hewitt won his first-round match against Argentina's Leonardo Mayer 6-2, 6-3.

Hewitt is playing in his first event since Indian Wells in March after struggling with foot and ankle injuries. The Australian said "I didn't have a lot of high expectations going out there. But things got better as the match went on."

Mayer was the lucky loser replacement for Roger Federer, who withdrew from the event on Monday.

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