What a match the two Frenchmen offered us this Tuesday evening! Richard thought he had done the hardest by leading 7-6, 2-0. But Laurent Lokoli's pugnacity was not to be counted on as he came back to within a set of each other by winning six games in a row (2-6)! The victory was finally decided in a final set where the players were on the verge of breaking. Richard found the physical and mental resources to win 7-5, 2-6, 7-6.