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1. Voo de Mar says:

   November 4, 2020 at 11:21 pm

   Points won by each set: | 30-25, 41-36, 28-19 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   34 % Rusedski – 32 of 92
   36 % Sampras – 32 of 87

   The biggest success in career of the 25-year-old Rusedski [13]. He won just 1 out of 10 meetings vs. Sampras [1], so he was lucky that the only win came in the second most important final of his life. Perhaps it was Rusedski’s career-best match, his generally weak backhand was working very well on that day, but Sampras’ back problems took part in the surprising scoreline (the American led 5:2* in the 2nd set and 30/15 at 6:5): “He’s been hot all week and has pretty much kicked everybody’s butt,” Sampras said. “My hat is off to him.”

   Rusedski’s route to his 7th title:
   2 Nicolas Kiefer 6-3, 6-4
   3 Jason Stoltenberg 7-6(6), 6-4
   Q Magnus Gustafsson 6-3, 6-2
   S Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
   W Pete Sampras 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-3

   # Rusedski obtained a decisive break against Kafelnikov in the first game of the final set as the Russian broke his racquet to get a point penalty

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