auckland89krishnan_mansdorf

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  1. Voo de Mar says:
    December 5, 2025 at 4:39 pm
    Points won by each set: | 31-27, 30-15 |
    Points won directly behind the serve:
    22 % Krishnan – 11 of 50
    26 % Mansdorf – 14 of 53

    Even though it was the second consecutive year the Australian Open had been upgraded, the world’s top players were still hesitant to travel to New Zealand to prepare for the first Slam of the year. In the consequence the top seeded finalists were ranked relatively low [Mansdorf – 22, Krishnan – 65]. It was a repeat of the ’88 final in which Mansdorf triumphed 6-3, 6-4. Initially he seemed to be destined to repeat that scoreline, led 3:1* (deuce) after Krishnan’s two bad points (terrible volley error, double fault). The player from India held though, at 3-all he fought off a break point, and from 4-all he stunned his opponent collecting eight successive games. During baseline rallies, Mansdorf had to run much more to reach Krishnan’s very accurate forehands; when the Israeli was attacking the net, Krishnan was passing him with brilliant backhands, cross-court and down the line. At the post-match ceremony Mansdorf, who got a warning for breaking his racquet at 0:3 in the 2nd set, seemed rather cheerful and said he and Krishnan had been training together all week long because “[…] 45 minutes with Krishnan is like 1.5 hours with someone else.”

    Krishnan’s route to his 7th title:
    1 Michael Kures 6-1, 7-6
    2 Tobias Svantesson 6-3, 6-3
    Q Jim Grabb 7-5, 6-0
    S Richey Reneberg 7-6, 6-3
    W Amos Mansdorf 6-4, 6-0

    Serve & volley: Krishnan 2/4, Mansdorf 0/1
  2. Voo de Mar says:
    December 5, 2025 at 5:03 pm
    ☆ A few days later Krishnan made an upset of the year, eliminating the defending champion Wilander (6-3, 6-2, 7-6) from the Australian Open’s second round. The Indian would be defeated in the third round by Lavalle, who achieved his career-best result then (the match was played in unusually low temperature for January in Australia).

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