stockholm91becker_edberg

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  1. Voo de Mar says:
    September 27, 2020 at 11:19 pm
    Points won by each set: [ 23-34, 35-30, 13-27, 30-17, 32-20 ]
    Points won directly behind the serve:
    34 % Becker – 49 of 143
    24 % Edberg – 29 of 118

    Very lopsided scoreline, the second of this type between them within 16 months! In the 2nd set Becker [2] already had two break points leading 4:2, in the last two sets his advantage was unquestionable since he created a break point at 1:0 in the 4th; in the 5th set he lost a break advantage, but broke the Swede [1] two more times to clinch the contest with a winner lob (his first attempt!). “I started to lose the rhythm of my serve in the fourth set,” Edberg said. “I missed a lot of first serves and gave him the opportunity to return my second serve.” Becker, who hadn’t won an event since Australian Open ’91 ten months earlier, stated: “Every win against Stefan is important. It feels good to have beaten the No. 7, No. 3 and No. 1 players in a row here.”. Three years later he would repeat this feat in Stockholm, defeating three Top 10ers in a row.

    Becker’s route to his 31st title:
    2 Omar Camporese 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 ☆
    3 Goran Prpic 7-6(3), 6-1
    Q Pete Sampras 7-5, 7-5
    S Jim Courier 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4
    W Stefan Edberg 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2

    ☆ Becker saved a break point trailing 1:3 in the 2nd set of the second round vs Camporese;
    there was 3-all in the 2nd set vs Courier when he won six straight games, so led with a double break in the decider

    Comparison of their two five-set finals:
    1990 Wimbledon: Edberg d. Becker 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4… 2 hours 58 minutes… Total points: 137-123… 10 breaks
    1991 Stockholm: Becker d. Edberg 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2… 3 hours 17 minutes… Total points: 133-128… 11 breaks

  2. Voo de Mar says:
    October 20, 2025 at 2:30 am
    ☆☆ Edberg lost to Becker that final, but won against him the race to be called “the best player of the year”… Edberg had been playing a lot in the last quarter of the season and with the Stockholm Open final he reached his physical limits of 1991.. his sore body needed rest, he performed poorly at Paris-Bercy, then he withdrew from the last three events that year (Masters, ECC and GSC)

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