Berdych baffled by early exit

Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych today became the biggest casualty of the US Open so far, the seventh seed crashing out of the US Open in the first round after losing in straight sets to France’s Michael Llodra.

World number 35 Llodra just missed out on being seeded for the main draw, but proved why he was a player many of the seeds wanted to avoid with a 7-6 6-4 6-4 victory.