He was voluble to the end, celebrating his volley winner at match point with yet another clenched fist.
He held two more break points in the game, but Lendl saved both with volley winners.
Despite falling behind, 4-5, in the tie breaker, he won three straight points, starting with a deep volley winner in the corner.
It was as if paint-on footprints laid out his path to 13 major titles: big serve, step to the net, volley winner.
But Becker was the better scrambler, coming up with a big serve or an angled volley winner when he had to.
And she held serve at 40-30 in Game 11 with a volley winner.
Where there are 19 volley winners, there's hope.
But then Hanika smacked two volley winners and a backhand down the line.
She is capable of producing effective volley winners providing an agile touch.
He scrambles to the net, in fact using the net to bobble over a volley winner.