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1. Voo de Mar says:

   April 2, 2022 at 12:42 am

   Points won by each set: | 38-32, 30-17, 31-36, 38-39 |
   Points won directly on serve:
   19 % Lendl – 25 of 126
   21 % Wilander – 29 of 135

   Lendl defended his ’86 title. Their fourth and last meeting in Paris (within six years). An 83-stroke rally at 3-all (15-all) in the 1st set: Wilander finished it with a winner, Lendl served at 4:5. There was a rain-delay – which lasted 35 minutes – at 3:2* for Lendl in the 4th set. The entire tie-break played in the rain, the Swede won a rally for 2:4 after 46 strokes, but it didn’t turn the tables. The time duration: 4 hours 17 minutes – the first out of three Grand Slam finals between Wilander & Lendl that lasted more than 4 hours! Wilander’s first defeat after 17 victories in a row (he had won two big titles on clay prior to Paris).

   Lendl’s route to his 64th title:
   1 Ronald Agenor 7-5, 7-6(5), 0-6, 6-3
   2 Jonathan Canter 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
   3 Thierry Tulasne 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-2
   4 Joakim Nystrom 2-6, 6-1, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 *
   Q Andres Gomez 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
   S Miloslav Mecir 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(3)
   W Mats Wilander 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(3)

   In the 4th round Lendl played the longest game in the Grand Slam history: serving at 5:3 vs Nystrom in the 3rd set, he blew 9 set points and lost the game after 15 deuces (!) – it lasted 28 minutes, he also had 2 set points in the following game… the two-day match lasted 4 hours 5 minutes (3 hours the first three sets)

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