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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 21, 2020 at 2:35 pm

   Points won by each set: | 39-43, 47-48, 40-36, 32-24 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   18 % Agassi – 32 of 170
   31 % Edberg – 44 of 139

   The first huge success of the 20-year-old Agassi [4], achieved after the 3-hour 15-minute final of his unusually offensive attitude in terms of attacking the net since the beginning of the 2nd set. He led 3:0* in the opener, saved a mini-set point at 5-all in the 2nd set and three mini-set points at 3:4 in the 3rd. They played against each other a ’round robin’ match, and Edberg [1] survived it being three points away from defeat (2 hours 35 minutes). Even though Masters ’90 was Agassi’s 71th main-level tournament, he’d never played before a deciding third set tie-break! Agassi said he had been fighting a cold for two days. “At 4:2 in the first set I thought there was no way I could win, I felt so horrible,” he said. But he took some medication that cleared his nose and said he “felt much better after that.” # Another match against each other they play two years later, and Agassi wins it in a very similar style.

   Agassi’s route to his 12th title:
   rr. Pete Sampras 6-4, 6-2
   rr. Stefan Edberg 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-7(5)
   rr. Emilio Sanchez 6-0, 6-3
   S Boris Becker 6-2, 6-4
   W Stefan Edberg 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-2

   # Comparison of their two similar 4-setters:
   Frankfurt ’90 (carpet indoors): Agassi d. Edberg 5-7, 7-6, 7-5, 6-2… 3 hours 15 minutes… Total points: 158-151… Breaks: 6-4
   Minnesota ’92 (clay indoors): Agassi d. Edberg 5-7, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3… 2 hours 57 minutes… Total points: 144-130… Breaks: 6-5

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