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1. Voo de Mar says:

   July 1, 2023 at 3:05 am

   Points won by each set: [ 35-27, 32-25, 31-21 ]
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   41 % Sampras – 30 of 72
   15 % Agassi – 15 of 99

   Just 1 hour 42 minutes of something what was anticipated as a great final between the young American hopes… Agassi [4] had his only break points in the 3rd set (Sampras’ first two service games). They played against each other 34 times, it was their match No. 3 (Sampras led 2:1). The 19-year-old champion [12] especially impressed with his service performance, he struck 13 aces (6, 4, 3); to lead 3:1 in the opener he fired three consecutive aces, something almost unseen on hardcourts in the 80s! For the runner-up it was the second major lost final of 1990. “It’s just unbelievable,” Sampras said, “It really hasn’t sunk in yet. I’m just going to take the next couple of days and let it settle in and realize what I did this week.” Very symbolic triumph for Sampras in terms of changing of the guards: in the last three matches he defeated the two best players of the 80s, then destroyed a player who’d be his biggest rival in the 90s.

   Sampras’ route to his 3rd title & maiden major (his 45th main-level event):
   1 Dan Goldie 6-3, 7-5, 6-1
   2 Peter Lundgren 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
   3 Jakob Hlasek 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
   4 Thomas Muster 6-7(6), 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-3
   Q Ivan Lendl 6-4, 7-6(4), 3-6, 4-6, 6-2
   S John McEnroe 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
   W Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 6-2

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   July 1, 2023 at 3:05 am

   Fastest serves of 1990:
   125 mph – Pate (Orlando)
   124 mph – Sampras (US Open)
   123 mph – Stich (Washington)
   122 mph – Becker (Indianapolis)

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