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1. Voo de Mar says:

   November 13, 2025 at 2:45 pm

   Points won by each set: | 42-41, 30-20, 39-29 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   41 % Noah – 39 of 95
   17 % Agenor – 19 of 106

   The first all-black final in history played between men based in France since their teenage times, with Cameroonian and Haitian origins. Noah had lost the 1985-86 Swiss Indoors finals to Edberg, but the Swede skipped the event in 1987, and Noah [8], with the comfort of not losing there his third straight final to the same player, after two difficult rounds, won another three matches rather comfortably. Against Agenor [48] he led with a break twice in the opener, but in the tie-break he was quite lucky: first at *3:5 when got the point with a dead net-cord, then at 6-all when dived twice to volleys before making a winner (rushing forwards Agenor touched the net at the same time). Noah got vital breaks in the next two sets at 0:0 and 4:4 respectively not being threatened in ten service games. In the last game he needed three match points though being passed a few times by Agenor’s backhands.

   Noah’s route to his 21st title:
   1 Heinz Gunthardt 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
   2 Sergio Casal 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
   Q Horst Skoff 6-2, 6-4
   S Guy Forget 6-1, 6-2
   W Ronald Agenor 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-4

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