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1. Voo de Mar says:

   January 11, 2023 at 8:29 am

   Points won by each set: | 25-14, 36-32, 37-28 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   29 % Wilander – 25 of 84
   20 % Lendl – 18 of 90

   Very inconvenient date of the Aussie Open was changed (from December/January to November) and finally the two best players in the world (Lendl & McEnroe at the time) took part. The 19-year-old Wilander [5] shocked the tennis world again. A year before he’d showed an amazing patience triumphing in Paris, in Melbourne he displayed attacking attitude, and after eliminating a two-time defending champion (Kriek) in the quarterfinal, he defeated the top-ranked players, much more experienced than him on grass in his last two matches. [1] Lendl led *4:2 in the 2nd set. In the 2nd game of the 3rd set, Wilander served two aces in a row off his second serves (6 of 8 aces in that set)! The Swede faced break points serving to win 2nd & 3rd sets. The match featured many long baseline rallies, more associated with clay-court tennis than the typical grass-court style. In the 3rd game of the 1st set, one rally consisted of 29 shots lasted 95 seconds. One month later Wilander comes back to Kooyong for the Davis Cup final, he wins two rubbers, yet Sweden loses 2-3 to Australia.

   Wilander’s route to his 13th title (2nd major):
   2 Ben Testerman 6-4, 4-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
   3 Roscoe Tanner 6-4, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1
   4 Paul McNamee 6-4, 6-2, 7-6
   Q Johan Kriek 6-3, 6-4, 7-6
   S John McEnroe 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
   W Ivan Lendl 6-1, 6-4, 6-4

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