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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 19, 2025 at 3:26 am

   Points won by each set: | 19-28, 36-29, 32-27 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   30 % Camporese – 29 of 94
   55 % Ivanisevic – 43 of 77

   A final of frequent doubles collaborators, played at the time when Ivanisevic [13] was becoming the best server in the world, and this etiquette would be associated with him until the end of the 90s. Initially in that final he was serving so efficiently it was unthinkable Camporese [24] would become the champion in front of his home crowd. In the 1st set, the Croat obtained 17 out of 25 points on serve directly behind his delivery (68% – 8 aces, 9 unreturned!). The Italian couldn’t cope with his flat serves (~190 kph) as well as with his slice serves (~160 kph). After thirty minutes there was 6-3, (40/30)*, but Ivanisevic didn’t convert the break point as he netted his FH return, and afterwards he lost his amazing service timing. Trailing 2:3 he considerably helped, committing two double faults in a row; he risked his second serve facing a break point, avoided a third successive double fault, but sent his FH-volley wide from a comfortable position. The deciding break of the 3rd set came at 1-all as Ivanisevic committed a double fault at ‘deuce’. Camporese finished the event with a forehand volley winner.

   Camporese’s route to his 2nd title:
   1 Tom Nijssen 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 – 3 m.p.
   2 Arne Thoms 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-6(3)
   Q Javier Sanchez 6-3, 6-4
   S Andrey Cherkasov 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
   W Goran Ivanisevic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   October 19, 2025 at 3:44 am

   ☆ Camporese an elegant player, his style rather evoked the mid 80s because his movement wasn’t dynamic, and shots deprived of top-spins that were gaining popularity at the beginning of the 90s, yet when the ball found itself close to his body, he could spread effortless winners off both wings, and somehow he managed – between the Australian Open ’91 and Stuttgart ’92 – to enjoy the best period of his career aged 24, gathering attention as one of the most interesting players to watch. For more than a year he was playing on equal terms against the world’s elite players on all surfaces being the most efficient on carpet where he claimed two titles: first in Rotterdam ’91, then a year later in Milan where he came from Bolzano having defeated two top Spaniards in a Davis Cup tie. After Milan he reached his highest rank [no. 18] and advanced to the Stuttgart quarterfinal where he was ousted 6-4, 2-6, 5-7 by world’s best – Edberg. That loss not only snapped Camporese’s 9-match winning streak, it also basically finished his rising. The rest of the season disappointed, injuries plagued him in 1993 and before his retirement in 1998, he spent a few seasons outside the Top 100.

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