Though other seeded players, including Serena Williams and Tomas Berdych, withdrew or retired from the event, Petkovic said she'd rather perish than pull out.

尽管其他的种子选手，包括小威、伯蒂奇等放弃或退出了比赛，但佩特科维奇却表示，她宁可去死，也不愿离开。

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Tipsarevic will make his debut at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday afternoon when he faces Czech Tomas Berdych.

周三下午，蒂普萨勒维奇将首次在世界巡回赛年终总决赛上亮相，对阵捷克选手伯蒂奇。

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Murray and Djokovic are joined in Group A by 2007 finalist David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych, who is making his second consecutive appearance.

与德约科维奇和穆雷同在A组的是2007年总决赛冠军大卫·费雷尔和第二次出现在总决赛赛场上的托马斯·伯蒂奇。

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Eighth-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic also advanced, beating Gael Monfils of France 6-3, 6-2.

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The 26-year-old will now face Tomas Berdych in his eighth consecutive semifinal at Indian Wells.

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France's Richard Gasquet will play Andy Murray after seeing off 13th seed Tomas Berdych 6-4 6-1.

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