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1. Voo de Mar says:

   February 8, 2024 at 9:49 am

   Points won by each set: | 36-40, 32-27, 47-42, 29-21 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   23 % Agassi – 33 of 138
   26 % Edberg – 36 of 136

   The year 1992 marked the Olympics in Barcelona and the biggest attraction of it, the so-called “Dream Team” referring to the NBA basketballers who could participate in the international event for the first time. From start to finish it was obvious that the US team would win the gold medal, and quite similar situation occurred that year in the Davis Cup. There were four singles Top 10ers in the American “Dream Team” of tennis, and Chang who finished the season as no. 6, wasn’t even once called up to the squad in four ties. Courier, Agassi & Sampras, they all simply had a bigger potential in the Davis Cup format (at the time Agassi & Sampras had won just one major, Chang likewise). In the first two ties Sampras worked as a single player, in the following two ties as a doubles partner of John McEnroe, the greatest Open Era man given singles and doubles combined, in his farewell season. On top of that, Rick Leach, the former No. 1 in doubles, constant Top 10er in 1992, took part in the first two ties.

   Against Sweden, Americans chose clay in Minnesota to neutralize the efficiency of [1] Edberg’s serve-and-volley style. In the opening rubber Courier had rather unexpectedly tough encounter against Kulti, winning it after 3 hours 41 minutes in four sets. In the second rubber Edberg faced Agassi [6] for the first time since their Masters final two years before. Different surfaces (carpet vs clay, indoors), but the outcome was very similar. In both four set matches Agassi dropped the opener leading in it (5:3, 30/15 on serve in Minnesota) and withstood three mini-set points at 3:4 in the 3rd set to win the 4th without any troubles. In the Davis Cup semifinal he did it in really impressive style, there was 0/40 in game no. 8 when he struck five straight winners. In the tie-break he quickly raced to a 4:0 lead, and even though he lost a point then which he should have won, another three points he obtained with authority. On Saturday, McEnroe/Sampras finished the job defeating Edberg/Jarryd in five sets.

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   December 14, 2024 at 10:24 am

   This match marked the last time Edberg as the leader of the ATP ranking (he spent 72 weeks on the top in total).
   He briefly regained that position after several months, triumphing in the US Open final, two weeks before the Davis Cup semifinals

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