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1. Voo de Mar says:

   September 4, 2024 at 2:18 pm

   Points won by each set: | 31-34, 28-16, 46-47, 30-25 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   30 % Agassi – 36 of 118
   41 % Sampras – 57 of 139

   Their first major final since US Open ’90. [2] Agassi’s first Grand Slam tournament with short hair… In the opener he wasted three mini set points at 4-all. Sampras [1] led *6:4 in the tie-break when Agassi saved the first set point with a fierce forehand return. Sampras struck 13 out of 28 aces in the 4th set (!), but he was broken at 4-all despite three aces in that game. Agassi concluded the event with an ace. Much more impressive route to the title in retrospect because young serve-and-volleyers (Rafter & Rusedski) were two years before their peaks; a bit younger than them – Kafelnikov – also had the best years in front of him. “If he stays fit, he’s a threat to win every major tournament of the year,” Sampras said. “The game has been missing a rivalry, and with Andre and me it could result in a great rivalry.” Agassi stayed fit for another majors of 1995, but he had to wait until 1999 for his another Slam title.

   Agassi’s route to his 25th title:
   1 Grant Stafford 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
   2 Jerome Golmard 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
   3 Greg Rusedski 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
   4 Patrick Rafter 6-3, 6-4, 6-0
   Q Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-2, 7-5, 6-0
   S Aaron Krickstein 6-4, 6-4, 3-0 ret.
   W Pete Sampras 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(6), 6-4

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