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1. Voo de Mar says:

   January 6, 2023 at 9:05 am

   Points won by each set: | 42-45, 32-23, 26-17, 29-38, 36-31 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   27 % Stich – 43 of 154
   15 % Santoro – 25 of 165

   Stich [15] used to experience bitter 5-set defeats regularly in his career, that time he somehow escaped from potentially nightmarish defeat as he saved a mini-match point at 4-all in the decider with the help of a risky second serve, in a match he should have won “4-0” if it had been required. The German blew a *5:2 lead in the opener (double set point in game no. 9) and squandered two break points at 3:0 in the 4th set, later on in that set he led 40/15 on serve at 4-all. The match lasted 3 hours 28 minutes, and initiated very intriguing rivalry between them in 1993. It’s really unusual that players from different levels co-create balanced matches on a regular basis – it was the case between them then as they played three very tight ’93 matches on hardcourts. Two months after the Aussie Open, [41] Santoro wins 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 at Indian Wells, saving four match points in the 2nd set tie-break while in August he loses to Stich at Long Island 7-6, 6-7, 1-6 wasting three match points in the 2nd set tie-break! Between the two MP-matches, Stich defeated Santoro 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 at World Team Cup on clay, trailing 1:3 in the decider.

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