Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic reacts during his men's singles tennis match against Marin Cilic of Croatia on Court 1 at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London June 27, 2014. REUTERS/Max Rossi
LONDON (Reuters) - It was so late and so dark at Wimbledon that even Hawkeye went to sleep. It was just too bad a grumpy Tomas Berdych could not find a way to escape the nightmare scenario as he slumped to a 7-6(5) 6-4 7-6(6) third round defeat by Marin Cilic on Friday.
Nothing went right for the sixth-ranked Czech as he became the highest men's seed to fall by the wayside in a match that finished at 9.38pm local time - the latest finish at the All England Club outside of Centre Court.
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