Tomas Berdych to miss Davis Cup quarterfinal at Chile

Tomas Berdych withdrew from Czech Republic’s Davis Cup quarterfinal against Chile due to an abdominal muscle injury.

“If I have a problem, it’s this muscle,” Berdych said. “The windy conditions (in the match today against Nadal) contributed to it. There are so many matches but I have just one body. Nobody’s a machine to cope with everything.”

Berdych will take a three-week rest after his first Grand Slam final.

Radek Stepanek was also ruled out of the July 9-11 Davis Cup tie in Coquimbo on clay due to a left knee injury.

The team was expected to announce who will replace Berdych later Sunday to join Jan Hajek in the singles. Doubles specialists Lukas Dlouhy and Frantisek Cermak are also on the team.