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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 30, 2021 at 2:32 pm

   Points won by each set: | 35-21, 34-26, 32-20 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   25 % Hewitt – 20 of 79
   14 % Nalbandian – 13 of 89

   Nalbandian [32] became the first South American man to play the Wimbledon final of the Open Era, it was his first professional appearance on grass & the first match on the Wimbledon Centre Court! He led 30/15 on Hewitt’s serve at 3-all in the 2nd set. [1] Hewitt’s second and last major title even though he was only 21 at the time… the new king of tennis, Federer, lost already in the first round then (to a Slam debutant – Mario Ancic!). Hewitt stated: “It’s an unbelievable feeling. Growing up as a kid back in Australia I always dreamed that some day I was going to be playing for this trophy and I saw Pat Cash do it 15 years ago and to finally get a chance to do it out here, I can’t believe how I’ve played these two weeks. It’s a ripper!” It’s the first Wimbledon in history dominated by baseline exchanges from quarterfinals onwards despite the conditions had been slowed down already in 2001.

   Hewitt’s route to his 16th title:
   1 Jonas Bjorkman 6-4, 7-5, 6-1
   2 Gregory Carraz 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-2
   3 Julian Knowle 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
   4 Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-3, 7-5
   Q Sjeng Schalken 6-2, 6-2, 6-7(5), 1-6, 7-5
   S Tim Henman 7-5, 6-1, 7-5
   W David Nalbandian 6-1, 6-3, 6-2

   # Hewitt saved two mini-match points in the quarterfinal (the same happened when he won his first major – US Open ’01)

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