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1. Voo de Mar says:

   August 20, 2025 at 10:33 pm

   Points won by each set: [ 20-31, 45-46, 32-27, 38-35, 61-61 ]
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   29 % Kyrgios – 63 of 211
   36 % Gasquet – 67 of 185

   The first hour didn’t indicate that the second round encounter on Court No. 2 between an experienced Gasquet [14] and a novice Kyrgios [144] would go to the record books. They’d faced each other once before, Gasquet won it easily 3-0 and another similar match seemed probable as the Frenchman led 5:3* (30/0) in the 2nd set. Kyrgios broke back in the following game, and from that moment almost to the end, the match was exceptionally tight. Gasquet was two points away from a 4-set win as he led 5:4* (30/0) – Kyrgios played a couple of good backhands then. In the deciding set, the 19-year-old Australian saved nine match points (equaled Grand Slam record) on serve in four different games, including 0/40 at 4:5! On majority of those match points, Kyrgios served to Gasquet’s better side – backhand. The ninth match point it was too much for the 28-year-old Frenchman – he lost the last 11 points including his 9th match point. Kyrgios finished the 3-hour 53-minute contest with an ace out-wide and he was crying while walking to shake-hands. Gasquet & Kyrgios meet at Wimbledon again the following year, the Frenchman wins 7-5, 6-1, 6-7(7), 7-6(6) losing an MP-up set again. # Even though Gasquet would play another 11 years, that 2014 disaster it was his last defeat as he led 2:0 in sets.

   # Gasquet’s six defeats as he led 2-0 in sets:
   Wimbledon 2008, 4th round: Murray 7-5, 6-3, 6-7, 2-6, 4-6
   Australian Open 2009, 3rd round: F.Gonzalez 6-3, 6-3, 6-7, 2-6, 10-12
   Australian Open 2010, 1st round: Youzhny 7-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 4-6
   Roland Garros 2010, 1st round: Murray 6-4, 7-6, 4-6, 2-6, 1-6
   Roland Garros 2013, 4th round: Wawrinka 7-6, 6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 6-8
   Wimbledon 2014, 2nd round: Kyrgios 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 5-7, 8-10

   Tommy Haas is a leader with 7 defeats of this kind

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   August 20, 2025 at 10:55 pm

   ☆ The most match points saved at Slams:
   
   Australian Open
   7 – Roger Federer d. Tennys Sandgren 6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 7-6, 6-3 (2020, QF)
   7 – Gilles Simon d. Daniel Brands 6-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 16-14 (2014, 1R)
   Roland Garros
   9 – Chris R-Vasselin d. Marcos Hocevar 6-7, 3-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-0 (1982, 1R)
   9 – Vincent Spadea d. Florent Serra 7-5, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6, 9-7 (2004, 1R) *
   6 – Magnus Larsson d. Hendrik Dreekmann 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-0, 6-1 (1994, QF)
   Wimbledon
   9 – Nick Kyrgios d. Richard Gasquet 3-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-5, 10-8 (2014, 2R)
   6 – Feliciano Lopez d. Guillermo Canas 4-6, 2-6, 7-6, 7-5, 10-8 (2002, 2R)
   US Open
   7 – Rogerio Dutra Silva d. Vasek Pospisil 4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2013, 1R) *
   7 – Tim van Rijthoven d. Zhizhen Zhang 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-1, 6-4 (2022, 1R)
   6 – Steve Johnson d. Evgeny Donskoy 4-6, 1-6, 7-6, 6-3, 6-3 (2016, 1R)
   6 – Borna Coric d. Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2020, 2R)

   * Spadea saved match points in two sets (1, 8), Dutra Silva too (1, 6)

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