Third seed Tomas Berdych says Novak Djokovic’s dominance in the game, along with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in previous years, is driving him and his ATP World Tour colleagues on to reach their level – although the Czech admits the World No.1 is playing tennis from a ‘different planet’.

Berdych secured his passage through to the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships with a comfortable win over Portugal’s Joao Sousa.