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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 16, 2020 at 9:48 pm

   Points won directly behind the serve:
   48 % Almagro – 23 of 47
   16 % Baker – 11 of 65

   It’s an interesting story mainly due to the runner-up: Baker, a talented junior with promising first steps in men’s tennis, who suffered a series of injuries that sidelined him for 5 years. He came back in 2011 to enjoy good results in the Untied States (Futures & Challenger level) and decided to make a trip to Nice ’12 to play his first European event since 2005: he won three qualifying matches & another four in the main draw ousting i.a. Monfils & Davydenko! In the final he led 3:2* in the opening set when lost five successive games. Almagro fired 7 aces in his first three service games.

   Almagro’s route to his 12th title:
   2 Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-6(5), 6-4
   Q Steve Darcis 6-4, 6-4
   S Gilles Simon 6-1, 6-3
   W Brian Baker 6-3, 6-2

   Almagro reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in his next tournament not dropping a set which is counted to impressive 20 sets won in a row. In that quarterfinal he lost in straight sets to Nadal though.

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