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1. Voo de Mar says:

   June 24, 2025 at 12:35 pm

   Points won by each set: [ 30-29, 27-17, 37-31 ]
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   29 % Agassi – 24 of 81
   18 % Clement – 17 of 90

   Before the final it wasn’t so obvious that Agassi [6] – the defending champion – would win easily. He had lost his two recent matches to Clement [18] – US Open & Lyon in 2000. The Frenchman actually played pretty good match, simply Agassi was exceptionally efficient; he struck 11 winners fewer which is quite unusual for a winner with 10 games won more. So the easy conclusion is that he turned Clement into an error machine. In the longest 3rd set, Clement was broken to open after 5 deuces, and wasted 4 break points in game no. 5 (six deuces)… “He can really hurt you with his speed. There’s a whole different rhythm to the match. I had to answer his weapons and establish mine. I felt like I did that pretty effectively,” Agassi commented, “I think if I really play my cards right, this can be the start of an incredible year.” They met six times (Agassi 4-2), four of those matches occurred at Slams.

   Agassi’s route to his 46th title:
   1 Jiri Vanek 6-0, 7-5, 6-3
   2 Paul Goldstein 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
   3 David Prinosil 7-6(11), 5-0 ret.
   4 Andrew Ilie 6-7(1), 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
   Q Todd Martin 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
   S Patrick Rafter 7-5, 2-6, 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3
   W Arnaud Clement 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

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