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1. Voo de Mar says:

   June 7, 2024 at 8:18 pm

   Points won by each set: | 39-33, 47-42, 29-34, 12-26, 40-34 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   34 % Kafelnikov – 54 of 158
   46 % Krajicek – 82 of 178

   3 hours 20 minutes and a new record of aces (the previous was 46)… Krajicek [13] was not closer than three points away from winning each of the three sets he lost. He’d been struggling in his first three service games of the 3rd set, then he won 10 out of the next 11 games! In the last tie-break he trailed 2:6*; at 3:6 he fired two aces, and the Russian [3] finished the contest with an ace! He broke the Dutchman’s serve only once – trailing 4:5 in the opener. Krajicek’s 49 aces (by set: 10-15-6-6-12) – as the US Open record – would be overcome in 2016 as Karlovic struck 61 aces surviving against Yen-Hsun 4-6, 7-6, 6-7, 7-6, 7-5.

   Seventh (and the last, for the time being) match in history, in which the victor 3 of 5 sets won in classical tie-breaks at 6-all:
   US Open ’80: T.Moor d. D.Stockton 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6 7-6
   Aussie Open ’82: E.Sherbeck d. W.Hampson 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 2-6, 7-6
   US Open ’83: B.Manson d. B.Kleege 4-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(7), 4-6, 7-6(5)
   US Open ’83: J.Kriek d. R.Tanner 6-7(5), 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(3), 7-6(2)
   US Open ’86: Tom Gullikson d. G.Holmes 7-6(1), 7-6(2), 6-7(8), 0-6, 7-6(6)
   US Open ’87: M.Woodforde d. T.Mayotte 7-6(2), 7-6(5), 3-6, 2-6, 7-6(5)
   US Open ’99: Y.Kafelnikov d. R.Krajicek 7-6(0), 7-6(4), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6(5)

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