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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 24, 2022 at 1:14 am

   Points won by each set: [ 36-33, 29-36, 54-50 ]
   Points won directly on serve:
   39 % Kohlschreiber – 47 of 118
   36 % Brown – 44 of 120

   It would be very difficult to expect that Kohlschreiber [27], who does not belong to the best servers, could be a co-creator of two exceptionally long tie-breaks: first he won it, then – three years later lost it. His quarter-final vs Brown, had many bizarre twists. The unconventional Jamaican-German [85], who stunned Nadal in 2R (6-4 6-1), already led 5:0* (15-all) in the 2nd set after inside-out FH-slice passing-shot (!) to drop his serve twice in a row with a couple of double faults. In the 3rd set Kohli led 5:3*, he had his first MP on serve at 5:4, but a few minutes later trailed 2:5* in the tie-break, and when his defeat seemed inevitable, Brown committed his last double fault followed by a forehand error. There was no mini-break between Brown leading 5:4* and 16:16 – the underdog had five match points… 7:6, 9:8, 11:10, 13:12 & 15:14 – Kohlschreiber saved the first three with service winners, the fourth with a forehand winner, and on the fifth occasion Brown made a forehand error – similar to the one off his three match point errors on return, when he tried to finish the contest with an atomic shot. From 16-all Brown made two errors being in positions he could play winners; first it was netted jumping BH-volley, then another failed FH which landed outside the baseline. Kohlschreiber needed eight match points in total. Before that meeting they both had won their longest tie-breaks (non-deciding sets): Kohli 14/12 vs Stepanek & Brown 15/13 vs Karlovic.

   # The longest deciding 3rd tie-breaks:
   Queen’s Club ’97: Ivanisevic d. Rusedski 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(18) – 6 m.p.
   Halle ’99: Siemerink d. Rafter 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(17) – 5 m.p.
   New Haven ’98: Krajicek d. Henman 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(16) – 8 m.p.
   Halle ’14: Kohlschreiber d. Brown 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(16) – 5 m.p.
   Gijon ’22: Rinderknech d. Carreno 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(16) – 9 m.p.

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