Youzhny calls the trainer for a moment, and seems unhappy about something.

After a long rally, Gasquet just misses on a cross court backhand, 15-0.

Youzhny hits another forehand long, and its 15-15.

Stream froze, and its 15-30.

Youzhny works Gasquet, but Gasquet hits a SOLID forehand passing shot down the line and its 15-40, and 2 MP's for Gasquet.

Unreturnable down the T, 30-40. Crowd is going insane and the chair ump is starting to get pissed.

After a long rally, Youzhny bullies Gasquet off the court and its deuce.

Gasquet comes to net, Youzhny bullies him again and forces a stab volley which might have landed in the crowd, Adv. Youzhny.

Good serve out wide, Youzhny comes to net and forces a tough passing shot, which Gasquet just misses down the line, 6-6 and a tiebreaker.

Gasquet to serve first.

Youzhny dumps a backhand into the net, 1-0 Gasquet.

Ace, 1-1.

Youzhny with a nice serve, Gasquet keeps himself in it, forces a difficult volley which Youzhny makes, and Gasquet's stab hit's the net. 2-1 Youzhny.

Gasquet now serving at 1-2. Youzhny dumps a BH slice into the net, 2-2.

Youzhny forces Gasquet in, but his not so difficult passing shot goes into the net, 3-2 Gasquet.

Youzhny serve and volleys, 3-3 as they change ends.

Crowd going nuts during the changeover.

Let cord allows Youzhny to move in, Gasquet's passing shot is wide, 4-3 Youzhny.

Hard serve, Youzhny shanks the return, 4-4.

Hard serve down the T, Youzhny handles this one and eventually comes in for a BH volley and we have our first minibreak.

Youzhny now serving at 5-4.

Unreturnable, 6-4 and now a serve to force a 5th set.

Gasquet returns, forces Youzhny back, comes to the net and hits an insane backhand cross court volley, which Youzhny somehow retrieves and hits (around the net post? what?!) for a BH winner into the open court, and we're going to a 5th set.

Enjoying commentry.

Lleyton ftws. Or The Sliderman.

THE SLIDERMAN!

This post was edited by shem on Jan 19 2010 06:22am

We are at 4:07 match time heading into the 5th.

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Stopped doing every point, but a crafty Youzhny drop shot has earned him a break point.

A double fault, and now Mikhail serves at 2-0.

Gasquet earns a BP at 30-40.

Hits a horrible drop shot that floats out, deuce.

Youzhny returns the favor as his drop shot clips the tape, Adv. Gasquet.

Youzhny misses an overhead by millimeters, and its 2-1, Gasquet serving.

Youzhny forces Gasquet off the court, half volley for 0-15

Youzhny hits an awesome return, 0-30.

Gasquet backhand down the line, 15-30.

Hard serve, 30-30.

Stream failed, 30-40.

Gasquet works Youzhny back, deuce.

Hard serve, Youzhny's return is short and Gasquet tries a drop shot which lands out, Adv. Youzhny.

Ace, deuce #2.

Youzhny dumps a BH into the net, Adv. Gasquet.

Unreturnable, and now it's 2-2.

Momentum seems to be shifting, Youzhny seems tired.

Youzhny works Gasquet off the court, dumps a FH into the net, 0-15.

Gasquet comes to net after a nice rally, backhand volley for 0-30.

As of this point, both players have 169 points.

Gasquet comes to net, Youzhny with a nice cross court BH passing shot, 15-30.

Youzhny works him back, comes to net and hits an overhead smash, 30-30.

Youzhny tries to go for a winner off the return, just misses and its 30-40.

A Youzhny error and its 3-2 Gasquet, serving.