Michael berrer vs rafael nadal biography
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Rafael Nadal suffers shock defeat by Michael Berrer in Doha
World number three Rafael Nadal made the worst possible start to the new season as he lost to Germany's Michael Berrer in round one of the Qatar Open.
The Spaniard could not build on a strong start and Berrer, ranked th, powered through to win
Nadal, 28, played only seven matches between Wimbledon and the end of last season as he struggled first with a wrist injury and then appendicitis.
Top seed Novak Djokovic earlier beat fellow Serb Dusan Lajovic
Berrer, 34, had to come through three rounds of qualifying in Doha and had only two wins over top opponents to his name before Tuesday.
Nadal, the defending champion, fought until the end and earned two chances to break back when Berrer served for the match, but the German held his nerve superbly to come through after just under two hours.
"These things happen after a long time without being on the road, being on rhythm, being in competition," said Nada
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Former world No. 42 Berrer lights up ITF Masters World Championships
Article31 Mar
In , Michael Berrer announced that he would be playing his last year on the ATP Tour. bygd the first week of January, the tall German lefty had beaten world No. 3 and tennis legend Rafael Nadal at the Qatar Open for the best win of his life.
This victory epitomised Berrer's fighting spirit across a long career – he reached a career-high ATP ranking of No. 42 and also triumphed against the likes of Tomas Berdych and Nikolay Davydenko.
Now aged 42, Berrer remains hungry to compete in what he calls "the greatest idrott and school for life". From playing on Centre Court at Wimbledon and representing Germany in Davis Cup, Berrer is now destroying the field at the ITF Masters World Individual Championships in Manavgat, Antalya, Türkiye.
But what makes this elite performer ljud av klocka, and what still motivates him to compete? When asked to declare the highlight of his career, Berrer thinks hard – there were m
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Michael Berrer
German tennis player
Michael Berrer (born 1 July ) is a German retired professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 in May
Career
[edit][edit]He reached the quarterfinal at the Aircel Chennai Open in January, losing to Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinals. At the Australian Open he was defeated by Denis Istomin in the second round after beating Kristof Vliegen in straight sets. In the second week of the Australian Open, he played at Heilbronn Challenger. He won the tournament after defeating Andrey Golubev in two sets. The following week he reached his first ATP World Tour final at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, which he lost to Marin Čilić 4–6, 7–6(5), 3–6.
At the Dubai Tennis Championships in February, he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky and Nikolay Davydenko to reach the third round, where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis, 6–7(5), 1–6. He lost the opener at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells to Mardy Fish in three s