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1. Voo de Mar says:

   March 22, 2024 at 5:13 pm

   Points won by each set: | 31-35, 23-35, 35-33, 36-32, 27-20 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   23 % Edberg – 40 of 173
   22 % Mecir – 33 of 144

   Very untypical match (lasted 3 hours 10 minutes) because the scoreline doesn’t tell the truth – the beaten player put himself in a position to win all three sets he lost! This is how the Czechoslovak wasted opportunities in three consecutive sets:
   – Mecir [7] had break points in two different games of the 3rd set before Edberg [3] took the crucial break (Mecir led 40/0 at 3-all)
   – Mecir had break points in three different games of the 4th set before Edberg took the crucial break (four break points at 3-all)
   – Mecir led *3:1 in the 5th set, and lost four games in a row
   Before Mecir broke in the decider, he had wasted 14 consecutive break points in six games. A few months later Mecir outplays Edberg in more lopsided five-set semifinal (3-6, 6-0, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 at the Olympics in Seoul) avenging two five-set defeats that year. The first of them came in April, in the Davis Cup quartefinal as Edberg won 4-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 9-7.

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   March 22, 2024 at 6:57 pm

   Edberg and Mecir played five five-setters against each other within nine months! In 1988 three five-setters mentioned above, but in December ’87 they had played against each other two five-setters at Masters. Mecir partnering Smid, defeated Edberg (alongside Jarryd) twice: first at the group stage (2-6, 7-6, 1-6, 7-6, 7-5), then in the semifinal (3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4)

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