Lyon brought Richard no luck. He lost his 2nd round match against Steve Darcis from Belgium 4-6 6-3 6-7 (5).
A break up in the third set, a mini-break up in the tie-break, outacing his opponent (17-2) and scoring three points more than him - all this did not win Richard the match. Again, without pictuers, it is hard to judge his performance, but in addition to some lacking luck there was also a weakness on second serve which scored him only 33 % of the points.
Richard's final tournament in 2008 will be Bercy, starting on 27 October.