MIAMI -- This has been a wonderful year so far for Roger Federer, but late Thursday afternoon at the Miami Open, when he found himself down 6-4 in a third-set tiebreaker against fellow quarterfinalist Tomas Berdych, Federer thought, "This isn't fun anymore."
Berdych has a massive serve and an atomic forehand. Both had done plenty of damage to the Federer brand already during the sun-shot afternoon, threatening to spoil that much-anticipated potential final showdown between the Swiss icon and his lifelong rival, Rafael Nadal.
Somehow, Berdych vs. Nadal doesn't have quite the same ring.