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1. Voo de Mar says:

   February 26, 2024 at 11:22 am

   Points won by each set: | 29-18, 30-24 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   31 % Burgsmuller – 15 of 47
   20 % Rochus – 11 of 54

   For many years, Burgsmüller [93] was spending more time at the Challenger level, and when he entered the ATP events, he was losing more often than winning. It’s tough to expect that a player of this type may win an ATP title, yet it happened in Denmark when he was 27. Before it, he had played just two ATP semifinals, both indoors: St. Petersburg ’96 as a lucky loser, Copenhagen ’97 as a qualifier. Against Rochus [96], the shortest player on the tour, Burgsmuller decided to be very aggressive, he was approaching the net constantly with his ground-strokes (20/28 at the net) and this tactics paid off. In the 2nd set he saved a break point at 2:3 to win the last four games, finishing the event with a forehand winner down the line. “This is unbelievable. I am very happy. I knew I had to do something. He is better than I am from the baseline,” he said.

   Burgsmuller’s route to his lone title:
   1 Ota Fukarek 6-1, 6-2
   2 Neville Godwin 6-7(3), 6-0, 6-3
   Q Cecil Mamiit 6-3, 6-0
   S Magnus Larsson 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(2)
   W Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-3

   Serve & volley: Burgsmuller 1/2, Rochus 0

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   February 26, 2024 at 11:25 am

   One year later they play on the same court in the second round, and Rochus takes his revenge 6-1, 6-2.

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