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1. Voo de Mar says:

   September 15, 2022 at 11:06 pm

   Points won by each set: | 36-33, 27-17, 25-12 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   48 % Sampras – 34 of 70
   21 % Dreekmann – 17 of 80

   Dreekmann [49] had been playing well until *5:6 (40/15) – then he committed a double fault and lost five straight games in total. At 4:2 in the 2nd set Sampras [1] served four aces in a five-point game, and didn’t lose a game to the end of the match winning eight in succession. “I actually surprised myself,” Sampras said. “I thought I would have a letdown after the U.S. Open, but I didn’t. Once I won the first set, I relaxed and let my tennis take over. I realized he was having a tough battle. He’s never won a tournament and I think he faltered. It was a question of experience.” The 21-year-old German, who had almost reached semifinal at Roland Garros ’94, lost to Sampras in Basel his second ATP final, following Sun City ’94. He was considered as one of the most promising players born in the mid 70s, but afterwards notched just one very good result (quarterfinal at Key Biscayne ’97) and disappeared from the ATP tour in the early 00s due to various injuries when he was just 25-year-old…

   Sampras’ route to his 44th title:
   1 Alex Radulescu 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 ☆
   2 Tommy Haas 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
   Q Mikael Tillstrom 6-3, 6-4
   S Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7-6(4), 6-3
   W Hendrik Dreekmann 7-5, 6-2, 6-0

   ☆ Sampras barely survived his opener against big-serving Radulescu.
   The American trailed *3:4 (15/40) in the 3rd set, then was two points away from defeat at 4:5 (deuce)

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