I ended up watching it until the end and I really thought Andy was going to turn it around after Tsonga blew his chance to serve it out. It's the most disappointing defeat of his career for me, he was really expected to go deep with the draw he had.

As for his attitude, he's calmer on court but that's not hindering him - it's his tactics, Andy just expected to hit short balls and Tsonga to keep spraying them wide, it didn't happen.

Roddick on the pressure Andy's under...

"I feel like the British - when they're high, they're really high, and when they're low, they're really low. I don't feel like there's a lot of middle ground as far as the media is concerned."

He's playing a waiting game...like the top ten to retire.

You can't just go around saying Andy played sh*t and thats why Tsonga won.  Andy played some really good rallys in the first two sets that I saw, and he must have been playing good to win the 3rd 6-0.  Tsonga, incase nobody has noticed, is coming into his game and it is playing brilliantly.  We all knew it would be a tough match for Andy.

I would agree that Tsonga played an excellent match, though Andy should have won if he had played his best as well.

Looking at the match facts. They are unreal.   You would have thought Andy had just edged it.  

I though exactly that.

Tsonga was on top 10 level though, he's been known to perform very well in front of a crowd against highly ranked players. If Andy didn't play his best, because he's lower ranked, it's unprofessional. But I think he just had a bad day and Tsonga a good one.

I am really gutted. But these things happen and I only think Andy will learn from it and come back stronger.

After reading posts a few days ago I was seeing comments about who he could meet in semis and final
In my opinion that was well off and why I think that is this:

1. his best showing in a slam so far has been last 16

2. his serve at the moment leaves him too much graft to do on his own service games

3. relating to point 2 ...how can he keep that graft up over 7 best of five set matches

I agree with Peter Fleming that his style at the moment wont win a slam...you would need super human fitness
if you are not getting enough cheap points on serve.

If you rely on your counter punching the result is that you will run a much larger distance in a match that your opponent will
it can be done in tournies like Doha...but not slams I would reckon