“I told him at the net that he showed great character, that he was strong... I thought he didn't show any frustrations or too much negativity,” Federer said. “I didn't see him very often being extremely frustrated except the one time when he hit three let cords in a row, the last game I think it was.
“That was impressive, because he has tendencies to get a bit down on himself. Especially ths season, he hasn't been playing maybe so well, so that impressed me the most. If I can get one per cent of that, I'm happy, too.”
“It was a crazy end to the second set, no doubt about it. I think it was 6-5, 40-Love... At that point you're halfway home anyway, but I defended well, attacked well, hit some great shots, came back and then also the tie-break was tough the whole time,” Federer said.
“But [it] was definitely a great atmosphere at that point, and I was able to maybe get a bit more balls back on his serve, because I thought he was clocking his serve really well all match today. It was really impressive.
“I think [in the] second set he had more opportunities probably, so I think he deserved to win that third set.”
source : テニスのある日々