Player reactions on Monday (7 September) at the U.S. Open.

Script: SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Gasquet:

"I start bad. I was not feeling confident on the court. He was playing great. I think the second set was really important for my confidence. I start to return better, serve much better than the start of the match. I did the third set. Then the fourth set, I saved many breakpoint. Then I did mine. The difference, I finish 6-1. It was a great match for me and a big victory."

SOUNDBITE (English) John Isner:

"It was a few points. If you would have told me before the match started it would come down to a few points here or there, I would have taken that, especially given how good he is. But he played those points better, came up with the goods. That's why he's who he is. There's a lot I can draw from. I played well this summer. I put myself in a good position to, you know, finish out the year strong and get ranked pretty high at the end of this year. Yeah, this is my favourite tournament. Stinks to be out now, but there's still some tournaments ahead, as well."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Roger Federer:

"I see it positive in the sense that I made it work. Okay, I didn't get the break. I took a decision that game to hit more slices. It matched up maybe the wrong way at Love-40 with his serving. Then at 30-40 when I hit the chip, you know, I just gave it not enough margin because I think that would have been a tough shot for him to hit. Credit to him (John Isner), just going really big on the second serve. It's unbelievable with how much ease he's able to hit those big second serves time and time again. I think he only double-faulted once. He's going on an average of 115, 120 miles an hour. It's impressive to say the least."