| Easdon would step in and punish with his volley, either for depth or occasionally guided crosscourt into the nick. |
| Unleashing a mating attack, he pulled me wide with a crosscourt, then carved in a volley kill that I lunged to scrape back — a bounce too late. |
| At one point, López, after trading a series of hammering topspin crosscourt forehands with Ferrero, suddenly changed it up with an underspin backhand. |
| The world number two faced a break point at 3-4 down in the third set against Haas, saving it with a wonderful inside-out crosscourt forehand. |
| Murray retrieved and was lobbed but, swivelling on the retreat near the baseline, conjured up a dazzling crosscourt winner that alerted the crowd to the possibility of something special. |
| More fireworks came later in the set, when Ivanović smacked a backhand crosscourt. |
