Points won by each set: | 41-33, 33-20, 33-25 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
32 % Agassi – 27 of 82
27 % Martin – 28 of 103
The last meeting between the 31-year-old Americans #, and quite similar scoreline to their first encounter eleven years earlier (7-6, 6-4 for Agassi). Martin [54] faced extremely difficult task to beat in a major Sampras and Agassi in back-to-back matches, no-one had done it before, but Martin could count on that until he led 5:4 serving very well (9 aces in the opener). Once Agassi [6] broke in the 11th game, he took control over the match. The defending champion lost his serve at 3-all in the 3rd set, but convincingly won the next three games finishing the almost 2-hour match with a backhand lob.