Djokovic's Complete Game Beats Berdych's Power The rap on Tomas Berdych is that he has no Plan B, that he can play tennis only one way: with blistering pace and power. It is a formula that has taken Berdych, a 6-foot-5 player from the Czech Republic, close to the pinnacle of the men's game. But against Novak Djokovic his lack of technical and tactical flexibility was exposed in a 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 drubbing in an Australian Open quarterfinal match on Tuesday at Rod Laver Arena. Djokovic's ability to construct points was vastly superior to Berdych's, and Berdych looked lost as he searched for a weak spot in Djokovic's game. While Berdych won only 27 percent of return points and broke serve once in four sets, Djokovic broke him six times and won 44 percent of return points. One way to think of tennis is to think of it as two games, with each player having both a service game and a return game. While Berdych has a huge first serve, Djokovic's ability to hit a solid, neutralizing return put enormous pressure on Berdych to stay in control of the point in his service game. Djokovic rarely overhits his return, preferring instead to time the ball with simple racket work, sending the ball back deep and up the middle of the court. Berdych would rip the first ball into the open court, but here Djokovic would use his incredible speed and balance to run the shot down, then answer with another high-percentage, neutralizing ball. This is another way to understand Djokovic's dominance over Berdych: his movement and shot selection are superior, and they allow him to compete for every point. Berdych, on the other hand, can win with only power and offense. Although Berdych has improved his net game - he came in 30 times, and won 22 points at the net - his inability to play defense and neutralize effectively were glaring weaknesses in the face of Djokovic's complete game. Djokovic, the top-seeded Serb, will advance to the semifinals against the Spaniard David Ferrer, who came back from a two-set deficit against his countryman Nicolás Almagro (who served for the match once in the third set and twice in the fourth) in a match that will be the inverse - tactically speaking - of the Berdych match. Ferrer is a superb returner and consummate defender, but he lacks the firepower to hurt Djokovic. But the indefatigable Ferrer will battle Djokovic from the first point to the last. Watch how Djokovic plays each part of the point; watch how he gradually moves from neutral to offense, and how he will try to control court position and physically dominate the smaller, less powerful Ferrer.