Intro:

Reaction from the Australian Open on Tuesday (27th January) after Rafael Nadal's tournament was ended by Tomas Berdych.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Nadal, third seed:

(On his quarter-final loss).

"It's obvious that I needed something more to be more competitive as I did in the third. The third was the right set, the right game that I had to play. But is obvious that before I didn't play with the right confidence, with the right intensity, losing court, playing very short. I make him play very easy. So you cannot expect to win matches in quarterfinals of Grand Slam helping the opponent to play well. That's what I did."

SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Nadal, third seed:

(Question: You have been very up and down. You've had a very good match and you've had a so-so match today?)

"No, not so-so, very bad. You can say, no problem (smiling)."

SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Nadal, third seed:

(On why he has struggled for consistency at the Australian Open).

"When you are coming back from an injuries you lose more easier the feeling than what you do when you are on rhythm, when you are with no injuries, when you are confident in yourself that you played a lot of matches. And that's the thing that happened, no?"

SOUNDBITE (English) Tomas Berdych, seventh seed:

(On how it feels to defeat Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals).

"Oh, it feels great. I mean, really the good thing is, as I said, the plan that we put together was the right one. Everything was working. I was able to execute it really well. But still, I mean, until the last point you can't think about anything else. You have to really keep going till the last one. When it's done, it's done. It's great. But I might be thinking about it and enjoying the time probably till tomorrow morning. When I woke up, I need to get myself ready for another one. As I said, I mean, there is a still long way to go in this tournament and I need to be ready for it."