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1. Voo de Mar says:

   April 22, 2021 at 7:00 pm

   Points won by each set: | 25-29, 28-26, 52-47 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   45 % Ivanisevic – 46 of 102
   47 % Rusedski – 50 of 105

   The tie-break had been introduced to tennis in 1970 and five decades years later there was no separate record for the number of points concerning singles. Eight times 20/18 occurred, but only once in the deciding set – at Queens Club in London 1997. Ivanisevic trailed 3:5* in that tie-break, then saved six match points (five on his own serve):

   5:6* – Rusedski [44] made an error on approach shot
   8:9 – service winner (2nd serve)
   10:11 – service winner
   12:13 – BH-volley
   14:15 – overhead
   16:17 – service winner (2nd serve)

   …and finished the 1-hour 44-minute battle with an ace down the T. “The tiebreaker was unbelievable,” Ivanisevic [3] said. “We both played some fantastic points. Maybe I was a little luckier than him. Greg played great. He is serving great and he is hard to return. He is going to be very dangerous at Wimbledon. It’ll be tough to break him, especially if he’s not seeded and you get him early on the slippery grass.” It was an all-serve-and-volley match, albeit Rusedski stayed back six times on his serve, and he did it twice in absolutely crucial moments: holding his first match point, and at 18-all, when he netted a tentative BH slice. Ivanisevic & Rusedski played ten times against each other, the Croat won their first nine meetings, including 11 out of 12 tie-breaks (!) – there’s no other H2H with such a big TB difference, and it’s worth mentioning that Rusedski wasn’t a bad TB player after all.

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   March 3, 2022 at 12:48 pm

   Longest decisive tie-breaks in the 3rd set:
   Queens Club 1997: Goran Ivanisevic d. Greg Rusedski 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(18)
   Halle 1999: Jan Siemerink d. Patrick Rafter 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(17)
   New Haven 1998: Richard Krajicek d. Tim Henman 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(16)
   Halle 2014: Philipp Kohlschreiber d. Dustin Brown 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(16)
   Gijon 2022: Arthur Rinderknech d. Pablo Carreno 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(16)
   Adelaide 1997: Jeff Tarango d. Jonas Bjorkman 6-1, 6-7, 7-6(15)
   Lyon 2007: Olivier Rochus d. Mardy Fish 6-7, 7-6, 7-6(15)

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