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1. Voo de Mar says:

   August 1, 2021 at 12:52 pm

   The Olympic Games ’20 in tennis were played without spectators

   Points won by each set: | 34-26, 31-17 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   31 % Zverev – 14 of 45
   17 % Khachanov – 11 of 63

   August 1st, 2021… The tallest (both players almost two-meter tall) Olympic final so far, quite unexpected because it seemed obvious that from the top half of the draw Djokovic [1] should have played the Gold Medal match, in the bottom half of the draw it’d be much easier to pick either Medvedev or Tsitsipas – Khachanov [25] didn’t need to face neither of them – he defeated players (Humbert & Carreno) who had beaten the bottom half favorites. The first Olympic final played “the best of three” in the event which was supposed to be held a year before, but it didn’t happen due to Covid-19.
   Zverev [5] began the match full of confidence after a stunning semifinal win over Djokovic # and didn’t give any chance to his one year older opponent who had won their two previous meetings (Zverev grabbed the first two encounters). The best rally of the match occurred as Zverev had a break point at 3:0 in the 2nd set. He converted his first match point with his lone serve-and-volley action to force an error with his drive-volley, then celebrated on his knees. The second German-Russian final at the Olympics, this time a reverse outcome than “20” years ago.

   Zverev’s (GER) route to his 16th title:
   1 Yen-Hsen Lu (TPE) 6-1, 6-3
   2 E.D.Galan (COL) 6-2, 6-2
   3 Nikolaz Basilashvili (GEO) 6-4, 7-6(5)
   Q Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-4, 6-1
   S Novak Djokovic (SRB) 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
   W Karen Khachanov (RUS) 6-3, 6-1

   # Trailed 1-6, 2:3* vs Djokovic before winning 8 straight games! The 37-year-old Lu [575] finished his career with 1R loss to Zverev.

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