But in the most important moments, all three
tiebreaks, I found my best game."
Tennis Australia officials have been canvassing opinion at the US Open, including from players, ex-players and coaches, about final-set
tiebreaks - in the men's and women's singles events - and even best-of-five sets versus best-of-three.
Venezuela's GM Eduardo Iturrizaga, who won over India's GM Prasanna Vishnu, had the lowest
tiebreak score among seven-pointers to place fifth.
"I was a
tiebreak from getting to the final in a tournament which I came into struggling."
But they regrouped quickly, breaking early in the super
tiebreak before holding their nerve to see it out 10-7.
"I was a bit unlucky on Monday but I got luckier here," Berdych, who lost a final set
tiebreak against world No.
Murray saved two match points as he came from 5-3 down in the final set to force a deciding
tiebreak but Nadal snatched it 8-6 to dash Murray's hopes of ending the season on a massive high.
A tough match in the quarters saw this talented duo put up a great fight, where they unseated the third seeds in a nailbiting third-set
tiebreak.