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1. Voo de Mar says:

   December 19, 2023 at 1:02 pm

   Points won by each set: | 28-24, 34-28, 46-41 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   13 % Connors – 13 of 97
   22 % Edberg – 23 of 104

   [18] Edberg’s second major quarterfinal, but the first one in a classical 128-main draw (when he reached the Aussie Open ’84 quarterfinal, 96 players participated, he had ‘bye’ in the first round). The Swede played on equal terms against the 13 years older opponent, but Connors [3] found better solutions at the end of each set: there was 4-all in the opener, Edberg had a triple break point at 3-all in the 2nd set when Connors’ backhand clipped the net and rolled over. In the 3rd set Edberg raced to a 3:0* lead, and led 5:4 after withstanding four mini-match points. At 5-all the match was suspended for an hour due to storm. After the resumption they broke each other, and Connors took the tie-breaker 7/2 finishing the contest with a lob. Their H2H ended at 6-6, but Connors led it 5:1 in 1985. There was a big difference in Connors’ matches against the new stars of the mid 80s, Becker and Edberg. The Swede couldn’t hurt the American with his soft forehand while the German could do this, and he ultimately won all six meetings facing Connors, also on his worst surface at French Open, refraining from attacking the net as opposed to Edberg.

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