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1. Voo de Mar says:

   June 15, 2023 at 2:16 pm

   Points won by each set: | 27-18, 33-41, 34-24 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   16 % Mayer – 16 of 98
   32 % Zverev – 26 of 79

   Similar story to Halle ’93 when triumphed Henri Leconte: a veteran who comes back after an injury captures the title stunning a young star in the final. The 33-year-old Mayer [192] didn’t play an ATP final for five years; in 2014 he missed seven month due to groin injury, at the end of ’15 he torn tendon in right abductor which cost him another months outside the tour – he hadn’t played a good main-level event for more than two years and suddenly he regained his form on grass in Germany – as a qualifier reached the Stuttgart quarterfinal where lost to Federer in two tie-breaks, and the following week playing with protected ranking, he stunned two young stars in back-to-back matches. The final against Zverev [38] he won almost as easily as the semifinal; led 5:4* (40/15) in the 2nd set when the German quickly saved the double match point with good serving. At 5:3 in the decider occurred the longest game of the final, Mayer held after three deuces converting his fifth match point having saved a break point. Zverev had ousted “the king of Halle” Federer in the semifinal, it was the biggest win for the 19-year-old German at the time.

   Mayer’s route to his 2nd & last title (215th main-level event):
   1 Brian Baker 7-5, 7-6(3)
   2 Kei Nishikori w/o
   Q Andreas Seppi 7-6(4), 6-3
   S Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-4
   W Alexander Zverev 6-2, 5-7, 6-3

   Serve & volley: Mayer 7/13, Zverev 0

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   June 15, 2023 at 4:32 pm

   The second all-German final in Halle, previous occurred in 2011 (duel of two Philipps) as Kohlschreiber defeated Petzschner

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