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1. Voo de Mar says:

   July 17, 2020 at 9:46 am

   Points won by each set: | 24-33, 41-40, 22-32, 56-52, 68-64 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   29 % Korda – 63 of 213
   40 % Sampras – 88 of 219

   The match lasted 4 hours 32 minutes. Sampras four points away from winning the 2nd set tie-break at 3:4, at 5-all he had 30/0 on Korda’s serve. The Czech was *1:3 (30-all) in the 4th set, then 1:4* in the tie-break (saved three match points at 5:6, 7:8 & 9:10) before converting his third set point with a stunning backhand pass (Sampras dived). In the 5th set he saved a triple mini-MP at 3:4 & another match points at *7:8 (15/40)! Both guys finished the marathon with cramps. “I’ll try to sleep, and maybe I can wake up; maybe I can play tennis,” said Korda, who won the tie-breaks 7/3 and 12/10… A year before at Wimbledon, Korda lost a similar match to Hlasek 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7(7), 14-16 after 4 hours 15 minutes, wasting a match point in the tie-break. In the 5th set Korda was serving second, chasing all the time.

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