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1. Voo de Mar says:

   May 24, 2020 at 3:25 pm

   Points won by each set: | 10-26, 23-36, 30-24, 43-33, 39-33 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   20 % Agassi – 28 of 138
   33 % Medvedev – 53 of 159

   The only bald-final in the Open Era 😉 Despite ten years spent on tour together, it was barely their second and last meeting (the first one at New Haven ’93 was won by Medvedev 7-6, 3-6, 6-4). Agassi saved a mini-match point at 4-all in the 3rd set – after two consecutive double faults, he hit the line on his second serve & won the point with a volley winner! The American got decisive breaks at 1:0 and 2-all in the last two sets. The Ukrainian saved three match points serving at 3:5, but in the following game Agassi delivered three successive service winners to clinch the contest in 2 hours 52 minutes.

   Agassi’s route to his 41st title:
   1 Franco Squillari 3-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3
   2 Arnaud Clement 6-2, 4-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-0
   3 Chris Woodruff 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
   4 Carlos Moya 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-1
   Q Marcelo Filippini 6-2, 6-2, 6-0
   S Dominik Hrbaty 6-4, 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-4
   W Andrei Medvedev 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4

   # Agassi trailed *4:5 (0/30) in the 4th set vs Clement

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   March 3, 2024 at 5:31 pm

   MultiStar’s comment

   This was a really strange match. The first two sets were a complete nightmare for Agassi and he lost them in less than an hour. I think he also struggled with the conditions, because it was chilly, windy and rainy and he looked very uncomfortable. After a short rain-delay it got sunnier and less windy and suddenly Agassi was another tennis player! The sets 3, 4 and 5 were very good and competitive, in my memory at least. What a disappointment for Medvedev: A Grand Slam tournament victory would have been well-deserved for him as well!

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