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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 15, 2020 at 8:53 am

   Points won by each set: | 27-32, 48-42, 29-18… |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   16 % Lendl – 15 of 89
   19 % Edberg – 21 of 107

   It was the first time in the Australian Open’s 85-year history that a men’s finalist quit in the middle of a match. The only other finalist to retire in mid-match in Grand Slam history was Roper Barrett, who quit after four sets against Anthony Wilding at Wimbledon in 1911. After 2 hours & 10 minutes of play, Edberg [3] retired due to stomach-muscle injury; he trailed *0:3 in 2nd set, yet despite struggling he saved three set points at 4:5 and was serving to win the 2nd set at 6:5 – then was broken to ’30’. The 30-year-old Lendl [1] defended his title. It was the first of their three year-by-year meetings at Flinders Park.

   Lendl’s route to his 84th title (his 8th and last major):
   1 Jim Pugh 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
   2 Tomas Carbonell 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
   3 Karel Novacek 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
   4 Simon Youl 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
   Q Andrei Cherkasov 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
   S Yannick Noah 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
   W Stefan Edberg 4-6, 7-6(3), 5-2 ret.

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   July 1, 2023 at 3:13 am

   It was the first Slam when the 30-second rule (maximal time to play on serve between the points) was replaced by 20 seconds
   – Lendl’s finals against Wilander of 1987 and ’88 mainly contributed to the change

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