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1. Voo de Mar says:

   September 26, 2024 at 10:39 pm

   Points won by each set: | 30-28, 31-22, 33-35 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   39 % Becker – 39 of 98
   35 % Lendl – 29 of 81

   [1] Lendl led 4:1* (30/15) in the 3rd set, at 5:4 he squandered a triple set point – Becker [6] won three consecutive points with volley winners! Becker struck 14 out of his 15 aces in the first two sets! The first of their three Wimbledon meetings, Becker won them all – the first one the easiest. The following year Lendl lost a quite similar Wimbledon final in its progress to Cash. “If you go to a laboratory and take him apart, he has so much over the other players,” Tiriac – Becker’s manager said about his protégé. “First serve, second serve, return of serve forehand, return of serve backhand. How many of those things can he put together? He’s got all of them.” The 18-year-old Becker was a two-time Wimbledon champion, and it seemed plausible he would overcome Borg’s record of five Wimbledon titles, but it didn’t happen, an the West German would be shockingly ousted in 1987, adding one more title, obtained in 1989.

   Becker’s route to his 5th title (2nd Wimbledon!):
   1 Eduardo Bengoechea 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
   2 Tom Gullikson 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
   3 Paul McNamee 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
   4 Mikael Pernfors 6-4, 7-6(2), 6-2
   Q Miloslav Mecir 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(5)
   S Henri Leconte 6-2, 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3
   W Ivan Lendl 6-4, 6-3, 7-5

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