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1. Voo de Mar says:

   April 29, 2024 at 4:22 pm

   Correction: Pioline 9 volley, 2 overhead winners

   Points won by each set: | 45-37, 30-12 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   20 % Bruguera – 10 of 48
   11 % Pioline – 9 of 76

   The only Monte Carlo final of the 90s, played in the “best of three” format. The weather was terrible on Sunday, the match was postponed to Monday at noon, the centre court was covered by the crowd only in ~25%. Bruguera [16] raced to a 5:0* (40/15) lead in the drizzle, thanks to a miserable performance of his opponent. Pioline [29] finally began playing better, and the set almost turned into a nightmare for the favorite. The Frenchman again saved a double set point, at *2:5 (15/40), and levelled at 5-all (15-all). As Bruguera led 6:5* the rain was too heavy to handle, and the officials decided to finish the contest two hours later on court no. 2 under a makeshift roof. Pioline led 2:1* in the tie-break, and for the second time in that final, occurred a longer period for him when he was struggling a lot to win two points in a row. At 0:4 he was bravely fighting being supported by the home crowd, but lost the longest game of the final (six deuces).

   Bruguera’s route to his 7th title:
   1 Renzo Furlan 6-4, 6-4
   2 Andrey Olhovskiy 6-0, 6-1
   3 Ivan Lendl 6-1, 6-2
   Q Carlos Costa 7-6(8), 6-2
   S Thomas Muster 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(7) – 3 m.p.
   W Cedric Pioline 7-6(2), 6-0

   Serve & volley: Bruguera 0, Pioline 2/4

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   April 30, 2024 at 12:13 am

   It was Bruguera’s second Monte Carlo title, and the last one of the ‘Mercedes Super 9’ series;
   in both editions as Bruguera triumphed in Monaco, he had defeated Furlan in the first round

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