bangkok04roddick_safin

Points won by each set: [ 41-39, 30-36, 40-37 ]
Points won directly behind the serve:
41 % Roddick – 49 of 118
37 % Safin – 39 of 105

[7/1, 0/7, 7/2] in tie-breaks… bizarre, exceptionally quick (2 hours 6 minutes) all-tie-break three-setter # In each set the winner wasn’t even five points away from losing the set. Roddick [2] had his only break point in Safin’s first service game, in turn Safin [9] in Roddick’s first of the final set – the American risked his second serve and hit a forehand winner down the line.

Aces: 18 – Roddick (8, 5, 5); 18 – Safin (5, 4, 9)… Unreturnable: 31 – Roddick (11, 7, 13); 21 – Safin (7, 8, 6)
# Shorter all-tie-break 3-setters played only Sam Querrey [4/7, 7/4, 7/5 vs Chardy at Queens Club ’14 – 124 minutes] and [8/6, 4/7, 7/4 vs Blake, Indianapolis ’07 – 125 minutes]

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