Richard defeated Florian Mayer 6-3, 7-6 (2) and Bernard Tomic 7-6(2) 6-4 to reach the Bejing quarters where he will play the winner of Ferrer/Matosevic.
Richard's serve was not his biggest weapon in his first round match against Florian Mayer (6 double faults), but the rest of his game was superior to the German's, so the outcome was rather obvious.Against Bernard Tomic, Richard lost his opening game, but he managed to rebreak for 4 all. After a clearly won decider and a break exchange, Richard took the Australian's serve when he served to stay in the set for a 7-6 6-4 victory and... a Wimbledon revenge.
