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1. Voo de Mar says:

   September 7, 2020 at 8:50 pm

   Points won by each set: | 38-39, 34-19, 28-18 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   32 % Hewitt – 25 of 77
   34 % Sampras – 34 of 99

   Before the 1-hour 54-minute final, Sampras [10] had held 87 consecutive games, but in that overwhelming defeat vs Hewitt [4], the American was broken already in his opening service game. They had faced each other on the same court a year before (in the semifinals) and Sampras won in straight sets. Sampras never before or after experienced such a beatdown in a major match he lost on hardcourts, but nine years before he’d also lost two consecutive sets ‘1-6’ in a bizarre New York victory over against Forget.

   Hewitt’s route to his 10th title:
   1 Magnus Gustafsson 6-3, 6-2, 7-5
   2 James Blake 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
   3 Albert Portas 6-1, 6-3, 6-4
   4 Tommy Haas 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-2
   Q Andy Roddick 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
   S Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
   W Pete Sampras 7-6(4), 6-1, 6-1

   Hewitt saved two mini-match points at 4-all in the decider against Roddick

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