London 2012 Olympics: day nine – live! - The Guardian

He did great. He was better - much better than I was today. But still I'm very happy with the silver.

It's a tough tournament from start to finish. I had a very emotional tournament, from the first round on over to the quarters and the semis.

Maybe I was emotionally drained a little bit at the end, maybe I left too much out on court emotionally in the early rounds.

I didn't think I played too bad in the final but things didn't go my way and Andy was confident, he played well, good shot-making decisions and I didn't do that so well today. It's unfortunate but still a great day for me."

Andy looked like he was never doubting himself. He had a clear plan.

I think I had a great preparation. I took three weeks off, everything went perfect, I couldn't be more happy. I have a medal, that's what I wanted in the singles.

I'm very happy for Andy too because he's had a tough last few years - I mean, on a very, very high level, let's not feel too sorry for him, he's had a wonderful career already. I'm happy for him he got the gold today."