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1. Voo de Mar says:

   September 15, 2020 at 11:26 pm

   Points won by each set: | 44-44, 27-33, 48-45, 30-20, 39-33 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   33 % McEnroe – 61 of 180
   25 % Ivanisevic – 47 of 183

   The first meeting between two left-handed geniuses known for their tantrums, ranking neighbors: 31-year-old McEnroe [11] & twelve years younger Ivanisevic [10]. The Yugoslav led 5:2* (30-all) in the 3rd set, in the next game he squandered a match point producing a forehand error and lost his first indoor final, one of the longest ATP finals #. I’m not sure whether it was Ivanisevic’s first MP-up loss. Judging by his scorelines it could have hypothetically happened before in four matches: Fetterlein, Chesnokov, Srejber, Gustafsson. He won’t lose another MP-up match for almost five years (Montreal ’95, Enqvist) which was a very long period given his style. McEnroe enjoyed his first MP-down victory in eight years! McEnroe’s next to last title… 7 out of his 13 aces, he served in the decider, in contrary the young Croat was lousy serving in the last two sets (only 3 aces), his first match that lasted more than four hours, he paid the price for the lack of experience.

   McEnroe’s route to his 76th title:
   1 Milan Srejber 6-4, 6-3
   2 Nicklas Kulti 6-1, 6-2
   Q Andrei Cherkasov 6-3, 7-5
   S Scott Melville 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
   W Goran Ivanisevic 6-7(4), 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-4 – 1 m.p.

   # Ivanisevic was coached at the time by Hungarian former-pro Balazs Taroczy (from September ’89 to February ’91)

   # The longest non-major, best-of-5 finals of the Open era (11):
   5:14 – Rome ’05: Nadal d. Coria 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6
   5:06 – Hamburg ’82: Higueras d. McNamara 6-4, 7-6, 6-7, 3-6, 7-6
   5:05 – Rome ’06: Nadal d. Federer 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6
   5:00 – Stuttgart ’06: Ferrer d. Acasuso 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-5, 6-4
   4:54 – Brussels ’92: Becker d. Courier 6-7, 2-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-5
   4:53 – Rome ’79: Gerulaitis d. Vilas 6-7, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
   4:43 – New York ’88: Becker d. Lendl 5-7, 7-6, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6
   4:37 – Rome ’88: Lendl d. Perez-Roldan 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
   4:35 – Dallas ’83: J.McEnroe d. Lendl 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6
   4:33 – Shanghai ’05: Nalbandian d. Federer 6-7, 6-7, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6
   4:30 – Basel ’90: J.McEnroe d. Ivanisevic 6-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3, 6-4

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