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1. Voo de Mar says:

   December 7, 2025 at 1:17 pm

   Points won by each set: | 34-40, 28-11, 30-16 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   39 % Lendl – 29 of 74
   31 % Sampras – 27 of 85

   The first of eight meetings between the best players of successive decades… The 30-year-old Lendl [1] didn’t like to put too much energy into matches in their initial stage, but he barely avoided a 1:5* deficit in the opener (held after 7 deuces), and realised that his 11 years younger opponent didn’t have any holes in his game. From *2:5 onwards, Lendl was serving as fast as he could, and smoothly went to the end holding nine times easily. The last break for him came as he led 3:2 in the decider. Before it happened, Lendl had created two longer breaks: firstly distracted by a spectator, secondly not being pleased with the quality of the balls. Sampras [42] didn’t look upset, it was his first good result obtained in Europe, he’d built his position of a Top 50 player thanks to the American tournaments. After Milan, he came back to the United States, and a few weeks later he would claim his maiden title in Philadelphia, defeating Gomez 7-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the final.

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