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1. Voo de Mar says:

   April 3, 2025 at 2:48 pm

   Points won by each set: [ 34-37, 40-29, 28-10, 3-0… ]
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   47 % Roddick – 35 of 74
   17 % Coria – 19 of 107

   The best hardcourt player vs the best clay-courter at the time. There was 5:4* (30-all) for Roddick [3] in the opener when one of the best rallies of the match occurred – Coria [4] won it but felt pain in the loin part of his back. From that moment, the speed of his serve and ground-strokes significantly dropped. Admittedly he managed to win the set (took a medical time-out after game No. 11), but Roddick’s advantage in the next two sets became quite overwhelming. After another medical consultation, the Argentine began the 4th set without his baseball-cap, made three simple errors and decided to quit. “It was excruciating pain and even though I won the first set I knew I wasn’t going to be able to finish,” said Coria… Actually it’s the last event when Roddick could be perceived as Federer’s big rival in the years to come. At the time Roddick had won 1 major, Federer 2, but the American led in Masters 1K titles (3 vs 2).

   Roddick’s route to his 13th title:
   2 Karol Beck 6-2, 6-4
   3 Jonas Bjorkman 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
   4 Guillermo Canas 6-3, 6-3
   Q Carlos Moya 5-7, 6-2, 7-5
   S Vincent Spadea 6-1, 6-3
   W Guillermo Coria 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-1 ret.

   # Moya served at 5:4 (30-all) in the 3rd set

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