Berdych 'very close' to retirement after US Open loss

College tennis may no longer be in the plans for Jenson Brooksby. He's got more work to do in New York.

Tomas Berdych's work in tennis may be done.

Brooksby, an 18-year-old Californian, beat Berdych 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 for his first career Grand Slam win and said afterward that he may reconsider his plans to play at Baylor University after the U.S. Open.

It was his second straight year playing in the tournament, having received a wild card last year. This time, he made it through qualifying and then took advantage of a clearly limited Berdych, who has battled injuries for much of this season.

Berdych, the 2010 Wimbledon runner-up and a 2012 U.S. Open semifinalist, said after the match he was ''very close'' to considering retirement. The 33-year-old Czech has missed five months this year with back and left hip injuries, and he fell out of the top 100 earlier in April for the first time since Jan. 26, 2004.