Verdasco was not a fan of the New York night-time conditions

"My game plan was to push him all I can with my serve. It was very difficult to even make the toss of the ball."
Fernando Verdasco has enough to contend with trying to get his serve working without seeing Rafael Nadal down the other end.

"He wants to chest bump, chest bump, chest bump. I'm like, no. Do it with your girlfriend; don't chest bump me."
Leizel Huber isn't feeling the trademark Bryan Bump love.

"People have been coming up to me asking how to pronounce her name, because they pronounce it differently on every TV show. To be honest, I don't know how to pronounce it either."
Mixed doubles runner-up Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi isn't the only Pakistani struggling how to pronounce Kveta Peschke's name.

"I made some big mistakes, but after four hours you're really tired. I was tired."
Stanislas Wawrinka looks for the sympathy vote from the world's press after another epic match.

"It's easy now to say I have a serve like Isner or play forehand like Federer. I play like Youzhny."
Mikhail Youzhny is not getting carried away by reaching his second Grand Slam final.

"I'm ready to be bad person. I love to be bad person in this case."
Youzhny says he would have no qualms about beating Nadal and ruining the 'dream final'.

"I'm always focused on next match. I never look that far away. I'm in semi-final. I don't think about the final."
Bad luck Mikhail - Nadal has you in his sights.

"I think he's playing great. I don't think because he lost in the quarters of the French and in Wimbledon that he's more vulnerable than ever."
Novak Djokovic prepares to face Roger Federer for the fourth year in a row in New York. Current score - 0-3.

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