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1. Voo de Mar says:

   September 12, 2020 at 6:12 pm

   Points won by each set: | 27-35, 51-48, 27-29, 46-40, 29-20 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   21 % Del Potro – 36 of 171
   24 % Federer – 45 of 181

   Prior to the final, Del Potro [6] had lost all six matches against Federer, in three hardcourt encounters he wasn’t even able to get a 5-all score. The last four sets of the 4-hour 6-minute final were played under the floodlights. Federer [1] was two points away from winning sets Nos. 2 & 4. His first loss at the US Open after 40 consecutive wins (record)! The match featured his unusual outburst towards the umpire, (Jake Garner, photo) as he led 5:4 in the 3rd set – “I don’t give a shit! Don’t tell me the fucking rules” (inter alia) – it cost him $1,500. Federer complained on Del Potro’s challenges of the balls were called ‘out’; according to the Swiss player the umpire was too tolerant in terms of the time he allowed De Potro to make a decision.

   DelPo’s route to his 7th title (his lone major):
   1 Juan Monaco 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
   2 Jurgen Melzer 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-3
   3 Daniel Koellerer 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
   4 Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
   Q Marin Cilic 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
   S Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
   W Roger Federer 3-6, 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-2
   

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