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1. Voo de Mar says:

   December 18, 2021 at 5:06 pm

   Points won by each set: | 46-46, 20-33, 30-22, 25-17, 30-20 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   25 % Leconte – 41 of 158… 23 % Kulti – 31 of 131
   Winners by percentage:
   48 % Leconte – 73 of 151… 21 % Kulti – 30 of 138

   The 29-year-old Leconte [200] enjoyed a magical run on his beloved Parisian courts reaching the semifinals for the third time (1986, 1988, 1992). In the quarterfinal he quickly jumped to a 3:0* (30-all) lead having won 14 out of the first 17 points, then squandered two set points (at 6:5 missing BH return & 6:5 on serve in the tie-break to lose it 8/10). In the 5th set Kulti came back from a break down twice, but lost his serve again trailing 3:4 & Leconte finished the 3-hour 37-minute contest with a service winner. The Frenchman improved his 5-set record in Paris to 7-0, but it was his last match won at Roland Garros (even the last sets, because he will lose the semifinal in straight sets, as well as his another three matches in years 1993-1996; didn’t play ’95). The 21-year-old Swede [94] competed his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, and the last one. In the following eight years of his career, he won’t even reach the round of 16. His advancement to the quarterfinal wasn’t a fluke, he’d defeated McEnroe in a tight almost four-hour 4-setter and Chang after an epic 5-setter (4 hours 43 minutes; 9 match points required). Both Leconte & Kulti, will play their farewell Grand Slam matches losing to Thomas Johansson (in 1996 & 2000 respectively)…

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