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1. Voo de Mar says:

   December 2, 2020 at 10:57 am

   Points won by each set: | 58-51, 15-27, 31-23, 30-24 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   32 % Bjorkman – 38 of 116
   24 % Chang – 35 of 143

   The opening rubber of the tie which was held in Göteborg (28-30 November). Arguably the biggest singles win in Bjorkman’s [4] career, accomplished after a 2-hour 55-minute duel. The Swede finished every set positively for himself with a streak of winning games (3, 5 and 4 respectively): he trailed *4:5 in the 1st set, *1:3 in the 3rd & *2:3 (30/40) in the 4th; there was an amazing 13-stroke rally as Chang had a break point to lead 4:2 in the 3rd set. About that point Bjorkman said: “That was a big turnaround. When I won that point, I had to feel that I was in the match again… It’s incredible. It makes all the training worthwhile.” Swedes clinched the victory on Saturday as Bjorkman & Nicklas Kulti defeated the US casual pair in doubles. It was the second Swedish win over the United States in the Davis Cup finals, the previous one occurred 13 years before. The 25-year-old Chang never played a match of this magnitude again (it was his second appearance in the Davis Cup final, following a much better one in 1990 when the USA defeated Australia).

   SWEDEN d. USA 5-0 in Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden: Hard (Indoor)
   Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) d. Michael Chang (USA) 7-5, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
   Magnus Larsson (SWE) d. Pete Sampras (USA) 3-6, 7-6(1), 2-1 ret.
   Jonas Bjorkman / Nicklas Kulti (SWE) d. Todd Martin / Jonathan Stark (USA) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
   Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) d. Jonathan Stark (USA) 6-1, 6-1
   Magnus Larsson (SWE) d. Michael Chang (USA) 7-6(4), 6-7(6), 6-4

   

   From left: Jonas Björkman, Mikael Tillstrom (alternate), Thomas Enqvist, Nicklas Kulti, Magnus Larsson & Carl-Axel Hageskog (captain)

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   December 31, 2024 at 1:27 pm

   Sweden’s route to the title: Switzerland 3-1, South Africa 3-2, Itlay 4-1, USA 5-0

   Total points:
   6 – Jonas Bjorkman
   3.5 – Thomas Enqvist
   2 – Magnus Larsson, Nicklas Kulti
   0.5 – Mikael Tillstrom

   Bjorkman won the deciding 5th rubber against South Africa (Stafford) trailing two-sets-to-one

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