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The 23-year-old Sock had taken some impressive scalps on his
way to the final, beating the second and third seeds Richard
Gasquet and Gilles Simon, and he matched Berdych shot for shot
in the first set.
World number five Berdych, whose semi-final against Marcos
Baghdatis lasted just seven games before the Cypriot withdrew
thorough injury, struggled with his consistency in a frustrating
first set.
He mixed powerful strokes and pinpoint accuracy with wayward
shots outside the lines and easy balls into the net.
In the tiebreak, however, the top-seeded Czech found his form,
crushing seventh seed Sock 7-1.
With that out of the way, the 30-year-old Berdych turned the
screw, breaking Sock early in the second set and coasting to
victory. It was his third Stockholm title in the last four
years.
(Reporting by Philip O'Connor; editing by Clare Lovell)
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