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1. Voo de Mar says:

   July 29, 2024 at 7:19 pm

   Points won by each set: [ 31-26, 45-42, 39-34 ]
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   32 % Murray – 34 of 103
   25 % Raonic – 29 of 114

   After facing either Federer or Djokovic in his previous ten Grand Slam finals, something new for Murray [2]. He was a big favorite to win the final having defeated Raonic [7] in their six previous encounters, including three this year. Even though Murray broke only once in the entire match (at 3-all) it was his impressive performance as far as returning of serves is concerned. The 29-year-old Murray was able to return quite well a couple of times Raonic’s 140 mph bombs (225 kph)! He put the pressure on the 3 years younger Canadian and it paid off in two tie-breaks that Murray easily won (he had lost 4 of their 5 previous tie-breaks).

   Murray’s route to his 3rd Grand Slam title:
   1 Liam Broady 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
   2 Yen-Hsun Lu 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
   3 John Millman 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
   4 Nick Kyrgios 7-5, 6-1, 6-4
   Q Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(10), 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1
   S Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
   W Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2)

   Repeated finals at Queens Club & Wimbledon the same year:
   1971: S.Smith d. J.Newcombe 8-6, 6-3… J.Newcombe d. S.Smith 6-3, 5-7, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
   1982: J.Connors d. J.McEnroe 7-5, 6-3… J.Connors d. J.McEnroe 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-4
   1988: B.Becker d. S.Edberg 6-1, 3-6, 6-3… S.Edberg d. B.Becker 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-2
   2016: A.Murray d. M.Raonic 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3… A.Murray d. M.Raonic 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2)

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   July 29, 2024 at 7:21 pm

   Murray’s second and last Wimbledon title, previously he won it in straights sets as well, needing almost the same amount of points won (115 vs 114)

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