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1. Voo de Mar says:

   March 29, 2024 at 6:11 pm

   Points won by each set: | 23-29, 43-37, 20-28, 26-12, 32-26 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   24 % Courier – 35 of 144
   12 % Agassi – 17 of 132

   In the 3-hour 19-minute duel, a slight underdog Courier [9] saved two break points trailing 1:3 in the 2nd set which turned to be crucial in the end – the first one with his maiden overhead that day – then the rain fell. After the delay, the wind was very strong, and Agassi [4] couldn’t find his groove off the forehand side; at 3-all (3rd ‘deuce’) in that set – another rain-break. After the comeback Courier changed his tactics operating closer to the baseline – it helped him to take the 2nd set (he saved another two break points at 3-all), and proved to be successful in the last two sets. There were three consecutive breaks of serve at the end of the decider, at 4-all (15-all) Agassi was seven points from the title – yet Courier won 7 out of the last 8 points finishing the contest with a powerful ace down the T. Much more impressive title for the 21-year-old man from Florida in retrospect because very good players like Ferreira, Larsson & Martin hadn’t won anything big then. Courier and Agassi face each other on the same court the following year (semifinal), for the fourth time in as many years.

   Courier’s route to his first Grand Slam title:
   1 Derrick Rostagno 6-3, 6-3, 6-0
   2 Wayne Ferreira 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
   3 Magnus Larsson 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 ☆
   4 Todd Martin 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
   Q Stefan Edberg 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
   S Michael Stich 6-2, 6-7(8), 6-2, 6-4
   W Andre Agassi 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

   ☆ Courier three points away from losing to Larsson at *4:5 (40/30) in the 4th set;
   earlier he had withstood a triple break point at 2:3 (0/40) with two good serves and an overhead
   He finished the match in a baseball cap (he’d been wearing it only against the sun),
   and afterwards for more than two years, he was wearing it regardless of conditions, outdoors and indoors

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