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1. Voo de Mar says:

   June 22, 2020 at 6:34 pm

   Points won by each set: | 28-16, 27-13, 25-34, 25-32, 32-28 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   31 % Edberg – 42 of 135
   27 % Becker – 34 of 125

   It was the third consecutive Wimbledon final between them – the two best players at the turn of the 80s and 90s – the only one in which Edberg stayed on the baseline behind his 2nd serve – it occurred at *1:3 (30/0) in the 4th set. The 2-hour 58-minute lopsided final should have been won by Becker, who led in the last set 3:1 (30-all) serving, making two casual volley errors then. Their second five-setter, and the scenario repeated from the previous one (French Open ’89): first two sets for Edberg, and he wastes a break point early in the 3rd set, another two sets for Becker, and the German leads with a break in the decider, yet loses it in the end after 43 minutes. ”I needed to lift myself in the fifth set to win that match,” said Edberg, ”I think it’s important sometimes to get fired up, and maybe that’s why I won today.”

   Edberg’s route to his 23rd title:
   1 Broderick Dyke 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
   2 Miloslav Mecir 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
   3 Amos Mansdorf 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-2, 9-7
   4 Michael Chang 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
   Q Christian Bergstrom 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
   S Ivan Lendl 6-1, 7-6(2), 6-3
   W Boris Becker 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4

   # In the third round, Edberg was three points away from losing to Mansdorf… seven points away vs Becker at *3:4 (30/15) in the fifth

   Comparison of their three Wimbledon finals:
   1988: Edberg d. Becker 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2… 2 hours 50 minutes… 245 points… 6 breaks
   1989: Becker d. Edberg 6-0, 7-6, 6-4… 2 hours 11 minutes… 184 points… 6 breaks
   1990: Edberg d. Becker 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4… 2 hours 58 minutes… 260 points… 10 breaks

   Short YouTube video about their trilogy

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   January 3, 2024 at 4:30 am

   Becker won their following 10 matches when a match point was required
   (in the meantime Edberg got one victory thanks to Becker’s retirement already in the opening set), and their rivalry ended 25-10 for the German

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