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1. Voo de Mar says:

   August 25, 2020 at 12:32 pm

   Points won by each set: | 34-24, 35-25, 26-9 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   28 % Edberg – 19 of 66
   12 % Courier – 11 of 87

   The match lasted 2 hours 4 minutes, almost an hour longer than the French Open ’70 final in which the scoreline was the same… Edberg [2] notched all overhead winners in the 2nd set, he won a game for a 5:3 lead with three overheads & a service winner. It was shocking that Edberg won that final so easily, it’s even more staggering in retrospect given their H2H record (Courier 6-4). It was simply one of those days when everything works for one player, and the other one loses too fast to implement some game-style modifications (Courier didn’t do anything more than lobbing in the 2nd set). In the 2nd set Edberg broke already at 1-all. “I’ve been pummeled before,” said Courier [5], “but this is the worst beating I’ve taken this year. He was making my shots look like I don’t know what.”

   Edberg’s route to his 31st title:
   1 Brian Shelton 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-1
   2 Jeff Tarango 6-3, 7-5, 6-0
   3 Jim Grabb 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
   4 Michael Chang 7-6(2), 7-5, 6-3
   Q Javier Sanchez 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
   S Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
   W Jim Courier 6-2, 6-4, 6-0

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