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1. Voo de Mar says:

   September 12, 2020 at 4:54 pm

   The event without ATP ranking points (they were awarded in the years 2000-2012)

   Points won by each set: [ 44-38, 31-37, 27-16, 40-37 ]
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   18 % Murray – 23 of 126
   16 % Del Potro – 23 of 143

   Already the first three games of the night session final, indicated it’d be a long affair – they lasted 27 minutes. Murray led 4:1*, then escaped from 0/30 at 4-all. In the 4th set he was a break down three times, two points away from losing the set at 4:5*, but ultimately he won the 4-hour battle on his second match point forcing Del Potro’s backhand error (the same happened in the end of their very similar 4-set battle at the US Open #). Murray becomes the first man in history to win two gold medals in singles having previously won the first gold four years ago in London, but two players before him had also won two gold medals at the Olympics (Nicolas Massu won gold medals in singles & doubles – partnering Fernando Gonzalez – in Athens 2004 while Rafael Nadal triumphed in singles in Beijing 2008 & in doubles a day before Murray in Rio, along with Marc Lopez).

   (GB) Murray’s route to his 2nd Olympic Gold medal:
   1 Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6-3, 6-2
   2 Juan Monaco (ARG) 6-3, 6-1
   3 Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
   Q Steve Johnson (USA) 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(2)
   S Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-1, 6-4
   W Juan M. Del Potro (ARG) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5

   # Murray trailed *0:3 in the 3rd set vs Fognini and saved a mini-match point at 4-all in the 3rd set vs Johnson.

   # Comparison of their two similar four-setters:
   US Open ’08 (Q): Murray d. Del Potro 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 7-5… 3:58 hrs… Total points: 154-149… Breaks: 7-7
   Olympics ’16 (F): Murray d. Del Potro 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5… 4:00 hrs… Total points: 141-128… Breaks: 8-6

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