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1. Voo de Mar says:

   April 15, 2025 at 2:27 pm

   Stats without 6 games of 1st set and 4 games of 2nd set (11 of 21 games included, 52%) – number of aces, DFs, BPs valid for the entire contest

   The last Summer final in Toronto before the event got the Mercedes Super 9 status. Till breaking for the first time to open the 2nd set, Lendl [1] was exceptionally anxious because he had lost in straight sets his two previous meetings against Curren, one of the biggest serves in the entire 80s. In the tie-break the Czechoslovak led *5:3, then he saved three set points on serve: 5:6 (unreturned serve), 7:8 (ace), 9:10 (FH error), and converted his fourth set point when Curren [29] netted his stop-volley…
   # Two years later Lendl wins another very long tie-break in Toronto against Curren (this time indoors, in February), yet in much more dramatic circumstances – the South African led 5:0 in that tie-break, but wasted 7 match points in total to lose 7-6(4), 6-7(12), 3-6 in the quarterfinal. Lendl ultimately won their rivalry 9-2.

   Lendl’s route to his 73rd title:
   2 Todd Witsken 6-2, 6-2
   3 Jay Berger 6-3, 6-0
   Q John Frawley 6-2, 6-2
   S Jimmy Connors 6-4, 6-4
   W Kevin Curren 7-6(10), 6-2

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   April 16, 2025 at 12:15 pm

   # If Curren had converted one of his match points, it’d have been a second time as he defeated Lendl in Toronto with the same scoreline. The South African won their third round match 7-6(5), 7-6(6) in 1986, but it was Toronto outdoors where they met in the ’88 final not Toronto indoors like during their 1990 meeting.

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