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1. Voo de Mar says:

   January 2, 2023 at 9:40 pm

   Points won by each set: | 34-26, 41-36, 33-25 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   40 % Woodforde – 36 of 90
   22 % Enqvist – 24 of 105

   The ~21-year-old Enqvist [7] could be considered as a potential Grand Slam champion at the time (someone who’d achieve as much as Kaflenikov ultimately achieved), thus his straight set loss to the Australian veteran was a shocker. Woodforde [67] played a perfect match under the roof, but each of two first sets could have gone either way. Enqvist, playing his first major quarterfinal, had no problems to hold four times from the beginning and led 40/15 at 4-all when Woodforde (also debutant at this stage despite being 9 years older) got two points with brilliant volleys. In the 2nd set the Swede led 4:3 (40/30) when his aggressive return hit the net-cord and stayed on his side. Two sets when he led 4:3 playing very well, yet both ended with 4-6, and he lost his patience. Enqvist had one-dimensional tennis, he couldn’t change anything in the 3rd set and was broken at 2-all – Woodforde won all his service games in the last set easily and celebrated the biggest success of singles career on his back (at age 31).

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