Berdych bt Cilic 6-3, 6-1
Tomas Berdych has kept alive his hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals in London courtesy of a 6-3 6-1 victory over Marin Cilic this afternoon.
Having lost their respective opening group encounters on Monday, both players headed into this contest with the knowledge that a defeat would see them eliminated from the tournament.
An error-strewn opening service game from US Open champion Cilic presented an early break to Berdych, who despite not being on his best form, was able to close out the set in 43 minutes.
Service games were traded at the start of the second set, but in the fourth game, a wide backhand from Cilic handed another break of serve to his Czech Republic opponent.
Berdych then broke again - this time to love - to make it 5-1 in his favour, before he went on to serve out for the match.
In his final group fixture, Berdych will face world number one Novak Djokovic.
Djokovic bt Wawrinka 6-3, 6-0
Novak Djokovic claimed a comfortable straight-sets victory over Stanislas Wawrinka at the O2 Arena in London this evening in the ATP World Tour Finals.
The world number one took just one hour and five minutes to cruise past his opponent with a 6-3 6-0 win to wrap up his 29th consecutive indoor win.
Djokovic slipped to 2-0 in the first, but quickly recovered to win 12 of the next 13 and maintain his position at the top of Group A.
The Serbian was in imperious form in the second, but claimed after the game that Wawrinka was nowhere near his best form.
Djokovic told reporters: "I swung through my shots and he made a lot of unforced errors. He wasn't close to his best and I succeeded very well with what I wanted to do."
Victory on Friday will see Djokovic end the year as the world's number one.
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