Djokovic produced a couple of fine returns on his way to breaking at 2-1 in the third set and from there on in it was a demolition, with Berdych powerless in the face of some sensational hitting.
Thousands of people who had not evacuated ended up stranded in the flooded, powerless Superdome, overwhelming the modest emergency services that had been set up there.
Ulster Unionist peer Lord Empey said there was "widespread dismay" at the bail decision because "our own government and our own courts look powerless in our own country".