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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 1, 2025 at 2:11 pm

   Points won by each set: | 38-33, 25-17, 36-42, 31-21 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   22 % Chang – 28 of 124
   18 % Sanchez – 22 of 119

   In the years 1995-97 when Chang [3] was playing his best tennis, being ranked higher he was winning major quarterfinals 3-0 regardless of opponent’s level; the same was applied either against players nearly at his level (Medvedev in Australia ’95, Rios in Australia ’97) or against much inferior (Voinea in France ’95, Tillstrom in Australia ’96). His quarterfinal against the younger Sanchez brother seemed like another routine 3-0 victory. Admittedly Sanchez [67] led 5:3* (deuce) in the opener, but at 5:4 he committed two double faults and lost seven games in a row in total. In the 3rd set he trailed 0:3* but proposing a wide variety of backhand strokes (after the bounce and in the air) he forced Chang to running from corner to corner and it paid dividends. He came back from a double break deficit, and took the breaker 7/2. In the 4th set Chang put big pressure again, created break points in three games and one break was enough to guarantee him the expected semifinal berth. Sanchez had defeated higher ranked opponents in 3rd (Stoltenberg) and 4th round (Boetsch). Against Stoltenberg, the Spaniard withstood four match points prevailing 8/6 in the deciding 5th set tie-break.

   Serve & volley: both 1/1

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   October 1, 2025 at 2:48 pm

   ☆ Even though Javier Sánchez achieved incomparably less than his three years older brother, they both reached two major quarterfinals.
   Below a short comparison of their careers:

   Emilio… record: 431 – 291, titles 15, highest rank 7… best at majors: two QFs (both in 1988), eight times 4R
   Javier… record: 327 – 335, titles 4, highest rank 23… best at majors: two QFs (1991, 1996), once in 4R

   H2H record between the Sanchez brothers: Emilio 10-2

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