Michael Berrer

Michael Berrer (born July 1, 1980 in Stuttgart) is a German professional tennis player.

Career

2010

He reached the quarterfinal at the Aircel Chennai Open in January, losing to Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinals.At the 2010 Australian Open he was defeated by Denis Istomin in the second round after beating Kristof Vliegen in straight sets.In the second week of the Australian Open he played at Heilbronn Challenger. He won the tournament after defeating Andrey Golubev in two sets. The following week he reached his first ATP World Tour final at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors which he lost to Marin Čilić 4–6, 7–6⁵, 3–6.

At the Dubai Tennis Championships in February he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky and Nikolay Davydenko to reach the third round where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis 6–7⁵, 1–6.He lost the opener at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells to Mardy Fish in three sets. He won the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami before falling to Feliciano López in the second round. At his first clay court tournament of the year in Monte-Carlo he beat Evgeny Korolev and Juan Mónaco en route to a third round showdown against Rafael Nadal which he lost 0–6, 1–6. After this he lost his next three opening matches.

At the French Open in Paris he was again knocked out in the first round by Mardy Fish in five sets.He then suffered from an ankle injury. He made his next appearance in Wimbledon one month later where he had to...
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