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1. Voo de Mar says:

   December 20, 2025 at 9:19 pm

   Points won by each set: | 19-32, 34-30, 32-18, 26-13 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   22 % Pernfors – 22 of 100… at 57% of 1st serve in
   22 % Becker – 23 of 104… at 63% of 1st serve in

   Approximately for an hour it seemed impossible Pernfors [27] would win that match. Becker [3] was dominating the majority of rallies under a gloomy sky (17°C). He didn’t convert a triple break point at 2-all in the 2nd set though, and from 4-all to the end of the match the spectators were rubbing their eyes in astonishment when they saw that 17 cm shoerter Pernfors was not inferior to Becker in terms of service. The West German lost his patience in baseline exchanges, but when he was attacking the net, Pernfors was perfect in execution of passing-shots (down the line and cross-court). It meant 14 out of the last 16 games for the Swede, whose ranking was too low to allow him participating in the French Open a year before. “When he was out of court and had just one chance to pass me, he passed me,” 19-year-old Becker admitted. “He never played a wrong ball.” That ’85 year when Pernfors was ranked no. 325, he almost defeated Becker in the Indianapolis second round which worked as a confidence boost reflected in a sensational 1986 season when Pernfors turned from an unknown player to No. 11 in the world.

   Serve & volley: Pernfors 3/3, Becker 3/8

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