Roger Federer beats Tomas Berdych to win Madrid Open

Roger Federer returned to number two in the world with victory over Tomas Berdych in the Madrid Open final. 

The Swiss battled to a 3-6 7-5 7-5 on the new new blue clay courts and moves above Rafael Nadal in the rankings.
"It was a tough tournament and a brutal draw," said Federer, who joins Nadal on 20 victories at the elite Masters Series level. "Tomas played very well.

Before Madrid, Federer had not played for six weeks since losing to Andy Roddick in Miami and he had lost twice this year to Berdych.
The Czech player dominated the first set of Sunday's final with 14 winners and just two unforced errors, but Federer broke twice in the second and took it when Berdych double-faulted on set point.

The 30-year-old Federer has now won four tournaments in 2012  and, with world number one Novak Djokovic defending a huge number of ranking points in the coming months, the Swiss could potentially regain the number one spot with a Grand Slam victory.

Should he get back to the top of the rankings for the first time since May 2010, Federer would equal, and almost certainly go on to break, Pete Sampras's record of 286 weeks as number one.