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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. “He returned and passed about as well as anyone I’ve ever played,” Sampras said. “He’s got the best return and the best wheels in the game.”

   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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