Kvitová, Berdych only Czechs through to last 16 at US Open

Petra Kvitová and Tomáš Berdych are the only Czech tennis players to have reached the last 16 at the US Open; three others - Jiří Veselý, Petra Cetkovská, and Barbora Strýcová - all lost in matches on Saturday. Barbora Strýcová led 5:1 in the third and deciding set but was unable to prevent a comeback by Germany's Sabine Lisicki.

Kvitová defeated Slovak opponent Karolína Schmiedlová; Berdych defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in four sets.

Author: Jan Velinger