Czech Tomas Berdych belied his lowest seeding at a grand slam since 2010 by sweeping into his seventh Australian Open quarter-final with a convincing 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Fabio Fognini on Monday. Showing great mobility for a big man, Berdych fired 37 winners to neutralise the potentially tricky world number 25 in a sometimes niggly two-hour contest on Margaret Court Arena. Italian Fognini, looking restricted by a foot injury in the opening set, briefly grabbed control of the match for breaks in the second and third sets but Berdych would not be denied. Tomas Berdych celebrates after beating Fabio Fognini in straight sets on MondayBerdych was comfortably the better player and he was ruthless in his approachFognini shakes Berdych's hand after losing the fourth round Australian Open match-upBerdych's best showing at the Australian Open is a finish of a semi-final place in 2014 and 2015. Berdych's strong serve helped him throughout the match as he blew Fognini away

Source: Daily Mail January 22, 2018 04:30 UTC