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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 29, 2020 at 3:38 pm

   Points won by each set: | 31-19, 32-14 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   34 % Edberg – 14 of 41
   9 % Noah – 5 of 55

   Shocking scoreline! Noah’s biggest beatdown, but he [14] played the entire 54-minute final with an injured left ankle, he had six chances on serve to win a game at 0:2 in the 2nd set (eight deuces). Edberg [19] opened the last game with three straight aces. The 19-year-old Swede dropped just one service game in five matches. “I don’t think I ever played so well,” said Edberg about the entire week. It was the first match between them, they would face each other six times in total (three finals), always indoors, and Edberg won all their encounters, the last one in Dallas ’88 – it’s a bit surprising because they had similar skills with distinctively more reliable backhands than forehands. Noah probably would have won once if they had met on clay.

   Edberg’s route to his 2nd title (3rd counting unofficial Olympics ’84):
   2 John Lloyd 7-5, 6-3
   3 Marty Davis 7-6(4), 6-0
   Q Brad Gilbert 6-4, 6-2
   S Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-4
   W Yannick Noah 6-1, 6-0

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   May 10, 2024 at 12:11 pm

   # Main-level finals with only one game won by the runner-up (also ‘best of five’ finals with similar scorelines initially):
   Brussels ’71: Drysdale d. Nastase (6-0, 6-1, 7-5)
   Manila ’73: Case d. Masters 6-1, 6-0
   Maui ’75: Connors d. S.Mayer 6-1, 6-0
   Stowe ’79: Connors d. M.Cahill 6-0, 6-1
   Memphis ’85: Edberg d. Noah 6-1, 6-0
   Washington ’87: Lendl d. Gilbert 6-1, 6-0
   Bologna ’88: J.Sanchez d. Davin 6-1, 6-0
   Hamburg ’90: Aguilera d. Becker (6-1, 6-0, 7-6)
   Wellington ’92: Tarango d. Volkov (6-1, 6-0, 6-3)
   R. Garros ’02: A.Costa d. Ferrero (6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3)
   Shanghai ’04: Canas d. Burgsmuller 6-1, 6-0
   Acapulco ’05: Nadal d. Montanes 6-1, 6-0
   Chennai ’08: Youzhny d. Nadal 6-0, 6-1
   Casablanca ’10: Ferrero d. Kubot 6-1, 6-0
   Monte Carlo ’10: Nadal d. Verdasco 6-0, 6-1

   …never occurred “double bagel’ but in Madrid ’72, Nastase defeated Pala 6-0, 6-0, 6-1 in the final
   one point separated Djokovic from defeating Berdych 6-0, 6-0 in the Beijing ’14 final

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