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1. Voo de Mar says:

   April 26, 2024 at 3:23 pm

   Points won by each set: | 30-25, 42-37, 35-26 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   23 % Moya – 21 of 89
   16 % Corretja – 18 of 106

   The same year they faced each other also in the US Open fourth round (Moya won in straights too) & ‘Masters’ final with Corretja as a 5-set victor, even though it seemed like another straight set win for the younger Spaniard. In Paris, during the windy final (gusts ~30 km/h) in the tightest 2nd set Moya [12] had break points at 4:3 and 5:4 (double set point). He was a better sever and mover than Corretja, so in their meetings Moya’s winners/errors ratio was always crucial. “For two weeks I’ll be a king,” Moya said of the period before Wimbledon. “I’m not sad, not at all, even beating him. I just won a Grand Slam, so I cannot describe how happy I am.” Corretja [14] would play another French Open final three years later not being a favorite again…

   Moya’s route to his 5th title:
   1 Sebastien Grosjean 7-5, 6-1, 6-4
   2 Pepe Imaz 6-4, 7-6(14), 6-2
   3 Andrew Ilie 6-3, 7-6(1), 6-2
   4 Jens Knippschild 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
   Q Marcelo Rios 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
   S Felix Mantilla 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
   W Alex Corretja 6-3, 7-5, 6-3

   # “16/14” it’s the longest tie-break played at Roland Garros in the 20th Century (Imaz, Ilie & Knippschild were qualifiers)

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