Roger Federer: "I guess the important moments, key moments of the match. I guess I was just superior to him. There was not much in it. He could have had a break early in the first set and that could have changed things. Then I could have had a break some other time, and it didn't work either. I thought it was a very evened-out match and it came down to the big points again. That's how it was."

"I believe serve is very important in the breaker. But even if that doesn't work, I never panic. I think that's the key in the end. You can't panic. You got to believe in your game, and that comes through confidence and knowing your game to a hundred percent. That's what I know about my game, what shot can I hit in what moment and what are the percentages. I think that's sort of what I calculate very good in that very moment, the split second I have.

"But, again, tiebreakers, anything can happen. So I'm always a little bit worried also going into breakers, obviously."

Ivan Ljubicic: "It's hard to just talk about one shot. I mean, it was great match. We played over three hours, three tiebreaks. If my backhand was off, it would be like 2, 2 and 2. I think it was just the bigger points he played better. He definitely played more relaxed and more confident than I did. On 6-5, set point in the third set, he comes up with a great, great serve. Then on matchpoint he hit the net. I mean, in those moments, it's something else that made the difference. But of course I think in the end when you draw the line, he probably played a little better than me."

"Well, the moment, like 10 seconds after the match, you mad because you think you were close. But then a week after, I'm gonna be proud the way I played and the fact that I was close. But, I mean, it's still a loss, of course. As I said, it's straight sets, so it definitely feels a little rough.

"But this is when you play a tiebreak against him, he never misses. He rarely gives you anything. Of course he comes up with the big shots when it's really important