What a match!

Richard lost, but I must say he showed to have had guts! I was hoping for a Federer/Gasquet final, so I'm still disappointed about that. Also, hats off to Lleyton for rising to the occasion, hitting some incredible lobs as usual, and hangin' in there and running down everything Richard could throw at him.
The best report came from Lleyton himself that said: “you just never know what's around the corner. Yeah, even though I won the first two sets, they were still tough sets. We traded service breaks quite a few times in both those sets. Through the third set, you know, he was starting to serve a lot better. He was getting through service games a lot cheaper out there. You know, at 5 4 down, I, you know, got up 40 Love. He played a great game to come back. He sort of slashed at a few shots, then that sort of you know; he got on a bit of a roll early in the fourth. Turned into another fight... I've got a good five set record. That was obviously in the back of my mind. I haven't lost a five set match for a few years now. But you can't rely on that. Once you get out there, you got to focus on what you've got to do. It was important getting that first service game under my belt. You know, it was the first set tonight out of the five that I was actually serving first, so I wanted to try to get that early lead and try and, you know, hold it for the rest of the set”.