Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic reacts as he sits down during his men's singles fourth round match against Bernard Tomic of Australia at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tomas Berdych ruined local hopes of a massive Australia Day celebration on Monday when he hammered Bernard Tomic to advance to the quarter-finals of the season-opening grand slam on Sunday.
The Czech seventh seed, who announced his engagement to girlfriend Ester Satorova earlier this week, was in no mood to extend that sentimentality to the local fans cheering Tomic with a clinical 6-2 7-6(3) 6-2 victory.
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