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1. Voo de Mar says:

   February 9, 2025 at 4:13 pm

   Points won by each set: [ 23-31, 40-35, 40-42 ]
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   33 % Camporese – 37 of 109
   34 % Lendl – 35 of 102

   The 23-year-old Camporese played a role of a mysterious man in 1991. He was drifting the entire season between Nos. 50 and 30, but he could compete on equal terms against the best players in the world at the time – he defeated that year Lendl, Stich, Bruguera, Courier & Sampras, and thrice was relatively close to beat Becker! In the Netherlands he played a tournament of his life as No. 42. In the 2-hour 48-minute final he was three points away from defeat in the 2nd set, and came back from *3:5 in the decider saving two match points on return in the 10th game (Lendl’s errors: backhand slice, FH volley). Lendl [3] suffered his first loss after 14 consecutive wins, and looking in retrospect it ended his adherence to the tightest tennis elite – he was trying to come back to the top then, being unquestionably one of three best players in the world along with Becker & Edberg.

   Camporese’s route to his maiden title (55th main-level event):
   1 Eric Jelen 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
   2 Alex Antonitsch 6-3, 6-4
   Q Karel Novacek 6-4, 7-5
   S Paul Haarhuis 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6(2)
   W Ivan Lendl 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(4) – 2 m.p.

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