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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 18, 2022 at 7:03 pm

   Points won by each set: | 32-24, 35-28 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   24 % Kafelnikov – 14 of 57
   30 % Stich – 19 of 62

   Kafelnikov, becoming one of the best players of the 90s, notably built his self-confidence facing Stich. When the German was a Top 10 player, he played against the young Russian five times, losing to him four times in a row, which helped Kafelnikov to jump from no. 253 to 19 within twelve months! The Hamburg semifinal it was actually their first meeting when Kafelnikov’s victory could be expected even though Stich was a defending champion, playing in front of the home crowd – the Russian had already won their two previous clay-court meetings, including 3R of Monte Carlo a few weeks before. In Hamburg, Stich [2] was constantly applying S/V tactics behind the 1st serve, occasionally behind the 2nd serve too, and led 4:1* (15/0) in the 2nd set, but Kafelnikov [29] managed to collect five games in succession, serving the match out in a flash.

   Serve & volley: Kafelnikov 1/3, Stich 8/25

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