Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic leaves after being defeated by Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in their men's singles semi-final match at the Australian Open 2014 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 23, 2014. REUTERS/Bobby
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tomas Berdych blamed the "lottery" of the tiebreak as he was beaten by Stanislas Wawrinka in the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Thursday night.
The Czech seventh seed won the second set on a tiebreak to level but then lost out in two more as he went down 6-3 6-7 7-6 7-6 to miss out on a second grand slam final.
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