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1. Voo de Mar says:

   April 29, 2024 at 4:29 pm

   Points won by each set: [ 30-19, 31-23 ]
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   9 % Ferrero – 5 of 52
   7 % Coria – 4 of 51

   Due to bad weather there was a changed format of the final from ‘best of 5’ to ‘best of 3’ (it happened for the first time since 1993)… The best clay-court player between April ’01 and June ’03 (Ferrero) faced the best one in the following two-year period (between July ’03 and May ’05). That match absolutely didn’t foreshadow Ferrero’s abdication to Coria on the red surface. The Spaniard [3] actually schooled his two years younger opponent from the back of the court in 1 hour 16 minutes. In both sets, Coria [26] broke Ferrero’s serve trailing 0:3, the break in the 2nd set featured the most vigorous rallies. “Last year I saved a match point against Mantilla and it was almost the same again this year. I’m lucky and happy to have made it that far,” said the defending champion, who was two games away from losing to Mantilla this time #

   Ferrero’s route to his 8th title:
   1 Wayne Arthurs 6-4, 6-1
   2 Felix Mantilla 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
   3 Gaston Gaudio 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
   Q Alberto Martin 6-0, 6-2
   S Vincent Spadea 6-3, 6-4
   W Guillermo Coria 6-2, 6-2

   # Ferrero trailed 3:5* to Gaudio in the 2nd set, wasn’t closer than three points away from defeat

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