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1. Voo de Mar says:

   January 6, 2024 at 5:37 am

   Points won by each set: | 52-50, 30-37, 30-30, 38-42, 38-29 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   24 % Krickstein – 48 of 193
   28 % Edberg – 53 of 183

   One of the most fascinating and tightest Grand Slam comebacks in history. # Krickstein [45] entered the match having lost seven straight matches to Edberg [7], yet he managed to win from a two-sets-to-love deficit for the 9th time in his career (ten times altogether put him on the top of that list for many years), despite Edberg’s unbelievable number of winners at the net – 67 (one of 14 overhead winners played from the baseline), he foot faulted 8 times.

   1st set: Edberg won the opening two games after 17 minutes, Krickstein led 6:5* (30/0) when his forehand return was a few centimeters wide
   2nd set: Krickstein led 3:2 on serve, Edberg looked already dead tired at that moment, but won three games in a row to lead *5:3
   3rd set: Edberg squandered a double break point at 1:0* (40/15)
   4th set: Edberg led 5:2* (15/0), at 5:4* (deuce) Krickstein’s FH-lob clipped the baseline to prevent a match point, the Swede also led 6:5* (deuce)
   5th set: Krickstein 4:1*, then fought off a double mini-match point at 4-all; in the last game Edberg led 30/0 to lose four straight points

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   January 6, 2024 at 5:37 am

   # Krickstein’s 10 comebacks from 0-2 deficit:

   US Open ’83: Gerulaitis 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
   US Open ’84: Manson 3-6, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-2, 4-0 ret.
   US Open ’86: Novacek 5-7, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-3
   US Open ’86: Annacone 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4)
   Key Biscayne ’88: Agassi 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-0 ret.- 1 m.p.
   Key Biscayne ’89: Mattar 4-6, 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-0, 7-6(5)
   US Open ’89: Volkov 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
   French Open ’92: Washington 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(7), 6-3 – 1 m.p.
   Aussie Open ’95: Edberg 6-7(6), 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-4
   Wimbledon ’95: Bergstrom 4-6, 0-6, 7-6(4), 6-2, 6-2

   Krickstein considers the thriller against Edberg as his best comeback…
   They faced each other three times in five-setters and every time the American left the court as a winner, here all those three meetings:

   US Open ’83: [489]Krickstein d. [100]Edberg 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6… Edberg 4 points away from victory… 49 games played
   US Open ’88: [20]Krickstein d. [3]Edberg 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 7-5… Edberg 5 points away from victory… 60 games played… 3 hours 52 minutes
   Aussie Open ’95: [45]Krickstein d. [7]Edberg 6-7, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6, 6-4… Edberg 2 points away from victory… 58 games played… 3 hours 44 minutes

   Fourth Krickstein’s victory over Edberg comes from a dramatic encounter as well (Tokyo)

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