I just tried hanging in there and waited for my opportunities. It was awfully close.

It's nice to be through to another semifinal, another tough match, ... Every match gets tougher.

Nine times out of 10, if you're going to win the tournament, you're going to have to come up against Federer at some stage, ... It's not something you focus on. ... I just want to get the (next) win on the board.

He was just bunting the serve back, waiting for a short ball to pounce on and I got the perfect reply that I wanted, ... If I had served better it would have given me more opportunities to mix it up a lot more.

It was an extremely tough match, ... I really had to earn it .

It's nice to get through to another semi-final. Every match gets tougher,