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1. Voo de Mar says:

   August 20, 2024 at 12:38 pm

   Points won by each set: | 44-38, 37-23 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   50 % Sinner – 29 of 58
   27 % Tiafoe – 23 of 84

   Similarly to the previous year (Toronto), Sinner [1] won a Masters 1K event in a North American city, not playing in the third round because his opponent withdrew. # As opposed to the last year’s Canadian Open, this year in Cincinnati he had two very tight matches (against Russian native speakers). The final against Tiafoe [26], he began a bit rusty, committed a double fault on the opening point, but held withstanding a double break point, and from that moment he controlled the final outcome. In the tie-break he kicked into higher gear in defence, and the 2nd set turned into a one-way traffic as the American was unable to return a half of Sinner’s serves while struggling on his own serve (a 26-point difference in points on serve). “It was a very difficult week, tough week. I’m very happy about about today’s match,” Sinner said in his on-court interview. “It was very tough mentally. Had such an amazing run here, and I tried to do my best today. We both were quite tired from yesterday. We both felt a lot of tension, but I’m very glad about [the] level I played today, especially in the important moments.”

   Sinner’s route to his 15th title:
   2 Alex Michelsen 6-4, 7-5
   3 Jordan Thompson w/o
   Q Andrey Rublev 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
   S Alexander Zverev 7-6(9), 5-7, 7-6(4)
   W Frances Tiafoe 7-6(4), 6-2

   # Sinner was 3 points away from defeat to both, Rublev and Zverev. The Italian saved a double mini-match point at 3:4 in the 2nd set against Rublev,
   against Zverev he saved two set points in the tie-break

   Serve & volley: Sinner 0, Tiafoe 0/2

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   August 20, 2024 at 2:00 pm

   The best result in Tiafoe’s career thus far guarantees him a comeback to the Top 20; it means there are 5 US players inside the Top 20, it didn’t happen since 1997:

   20.08.2024
   12 – Fritz
   13 – Shelton
   14 – Paul
   16 – Korda
   20 – Tiafoe

   24.02.1997
   1 – Sampras
   3 – Chang
   13 – Agassi
   15 – Martin
   18 – Courier

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