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1. Voo de Mar says:

   April 2, 2022 at 12:13 am

   Preparing the picture I used this thread

   Points won by each set: | 20-32, 32-30, 36-28, 25-15 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   13 % Wilander – 15 of 111
   12 % Lendl – 13 of 107

   As a defending champion, Lendl [2] was in a tremendous form – he advanced to the final not dropping a set and took the first set of the final rather easily (began it with 0:2*, deuce). The crucial moment of the match came at the end of the 2nd set – Lendl had a break point at 4:5 but made an uncharacteristic forehand error. In the 3rd set he was unable to hold, but who knows what could happen if he did it trailing 2:4 – then occurred the longest game of the final (Lendl lost it after 7 deuces as well as another game in which he had a break point). Despite the same score, the 4th set was completely different: the Czechoslovak lost his patience, and the 6th game he lost being unable to return Wilander’s [4] four serves within five points (!) – something unseen on clay at the time. Two years later Lendl will avenge it on the same court at the same stage in a tighter 4-setter #

   Wilander’s route to his 4th major title:
   1 Thierry Tulasne 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
   2 Boris Becker 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
   3 Emilio Sanchez 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
   4 Tomas Smid 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
   Q Henri Leconte 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 7-5
   S John McEnroe 6-1, 7-5, 7-5
   W Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

   # Comparison of their two French Open finals:
   1985: Wilander d. Lendl 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2… 3 hours 16 minutes… Total points: 113-105
   1987: Lendl d. Wilander 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6… 4 hours 17 minutes… Total points: 137-124

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