“You guyyyyys. Don’t worry. I’m just doing this to trick you. I’ve got this. Fo’ serious.”

Of course you do Fed. I’m pretty damn glad I missed this match, because I so super excited for Igor when he almost beat Fed at AO… and it ended in crushed dreams and tears. Boo. I still have a hard time believing this happened. The old man never takes this long to get out of first gear. I’m curious if he paid him off.

“OK, here’s how it will go. You take the first two sets, I’ll look screwed. Then in the fourth set, you’ll serve for the match, but I’ll break back. I’ll even give you a break point in my next service game, but don’t take it! Then we’ll go to a tiebreak, it will be epic, people will have their fill, and I’ll bagel you and we’ll get the hell out of there. Sound good?”

That’s probably as good an explanation as you’re going to hear.

In slightly less depressing, far less sarcastic news, how about Nikolay Davydenko?! Hell, the guy is fist pumping and making an epic face. This match must mean something to him. Likewise, he crawled out of a 0-2 hole to take the match in five. After the match, he was all awesomeness.

“For me today, winning Court 1—first match, I never played before, I appreciate it from tournament director.”

You never know what you’ve got till it’s gone. We missed you, Koala Bear.