Probably the first time I actually agree with any of your comments.

Instablaster...

In the match I was thinking of Matthew actually played loopy drives and lobs 70%+ of the time. It was a true display of patience and class against an opponent that was simply too deadly given any attacking opportunity. It was not Golan's body that was beaten at the end of 5 games, but his mind after the gruelling build up of frustration due to being contained so well. Matthew was able to do this despite being match balls down and having to come back through multiple tie breaks to win.

7:09, man. 7:09 all week long.

If the Server's foot is NOT in contact with the floor when the ball is struck, it's a fault and thus the receiver's point. In this case it was pretty close, in fact I couldn't tell until I slowed down the video...nonetheless you are correct his foot was off the floor. The referee will generally side with the server unless it's a gross fault giving an advantage to the server.

Good to know, thanks.

Yes, they're pretty sloppy about calling these. They should give more warnings in my opinion or else there are going to be some unpleasant surprises when some ref decides to follow the rules.