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1. Voo de Mar says:

   August 20, 2024 at 3:57 pm

   Points won by each set: | 36-28, 28-37, 38-33, 40-42, 28-16 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   18 % Chang – 31 of 166
   18 % Ferreira – 30 of 160

   Even though Ferreira [11] is five months older, Chang [4] was a much more experienced player at the time, and he knew how to preserve his energy level being known as the best five-set player in the early 90s. The Grandstand evening match (moved from the main arena, Stadium Court, due to expected rain) was much longer (4 hours 17 minutes) than the scoreline indicates and Ferreira’s offensive attitude. The South African was constantly attacking the net behind his 1st serve, behind his 2nd serve he was often applying a one-two punch combination, and was trying to be very aggressive as a receiver responding to Chang’s second serves. Between *3:2 for Ferreira in the 2nd set, and 2-all in the 3rd, there was an unusual streak of seven straight games with one deuce at least, and it highly contributed to the duration of the match. Earlier, in the opener played under the sunlight, Ferreira led 5:3* when lost his concentration and four games in a row quickly. In the 4th set, after the sunset, Ferreira had strapped a bandage to his left thigh and needed a medical time-out, but was focused on holding, and won the set in a 7/4 tie-break. In the decider he was broken at 0:1 and 1:4 (despite leading 40/0). It was his third five-setter within a few months of 1992 that he lost ‘1-6’ in the 5th set, each time on a different surface, previously to Becker (Wimbledon, 4R) and Medvedev (Stuttgart, Final). His five-set record was just 2-3 at the time, but he drew conclusions how to distribute his efforts over five sets, and finished his career with one of the best five-set records given players born in the 70s, much better than Chang’s, percentage-wise (69% vs 59%).

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