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Nole needs soul searching. He was excellent in his own service games, but couldn't break. Rattled when broken and then donated. Couldn't mount a comeback. That said, Del Potro did play his heart out today. That forehand showed no tiredness. I don't think he had many UEs? Nole did defend...

Commentators are saying Del Potro is taking a minute between serves (that would make him slower than Novak) b/c he is apparently exhausted.

Both hitting very clean so far. 2 love-hold service games.

It's just starting now. Does Del Potro have much left in the tank? The one thing you can always count on Novak for is his fitness (nowadays, you know what I mean). Nole needs to win this and the US Open!!!

Can today's Djokovic still beat Federer at two match points down 5-3 in the fifth set, or even Tsonga after being four match points down? The pressure got to him at the end. His service game has been stellar for the entire set (did he even go to deuce once?), only to go out like that. Been...

Djoko effing paints the line.

Absolutely crucial for Djoko, this service game. He's been playing so well in his. A travesty that he hasn't broken Murray.

Second set deuce at 4-4, Murray serving. You can tell Djoko really wants to capitalize on his momentum and break here.

Nole's service games in the 2nd set have been great. Despite the low first-serve percentage (feels higher than Wimbledon SF though), I think it's been two straight love-holds.

Djoko is not serving that well, but his net game isn't bad.

Another love-hold service game for Murray. In his last Djoko had to save break points.

Love-hold service game for Murray. Looking sharp. The crowd didn't seem that partisan when the players walked on court.

Djokovic didn't get to the court until it was 6-1, 3-0 in the Serena-Azarenka match. Cutting it close.

Murray turned a new leaf this year at the AO, taking Djoker to five tight sets. Actually, looking at H2H records, I am surprised how infrequently Murray has played against the top 3. Djokovic has played Nadal some 35 times and Federer 27 times, but only 13 times against Murray. In contrast...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ablsYo-kjAA The post-match interview. Does sound a bit nasal. Very gracious though. Acknowledged that the 15- or 20-min drop in energy level at the end of the third set and the beginning of the fourth cost him the game today.

On Twitter some journalists are saying that at the presser Djokovic sounded sick as soon as he started speaking, and I thought he looked strangely out of breath during his last post-match interviews.

Federer was trolling Djokovic all year and today he showed his true self--served the lights out, kept the points short to the point that he didn't put up any fight in most of Djokovic's service games, and stuck to this game plan throughout the match. Djokovic's serve abandoned him after the...