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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 13, 2025 at 2:33 pm

   Points won by each set: | 22-31, 42-43, 43-41, 33-26 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   37 % Leconte – 52 of 140
   43 % Cash – 61 of 141

   “It’s first of all a disappointment not being able to play at 100 percent,” said Cash, playing in his fourth tournament (including WTC) since missing nine months with a back injury. “But then again it was a big thrill because I could play. I didn’t even expect to be playing in the tournament.” Even though Cash was ranked no. 413 (with the Wimbledon quarterfinal he jumped to no. 102), his potential advancement to the semifinal couldn’t surprise because in 1984 – as a teenager – he advanced to two successive major semifinals, playing in them competitive tennis against the best players in the world. For two and a half hours he looked more solid than Leconte [9], but the forehand made the difference in both tie-breaks (9/7, 7/5) – in the first one at 7:6* Cash missed his passing-shot from a difficult, yet doable position, at 5-all in the second TB, Leconte responded to Cash’s first serve with a FH inside-out winner from a short swing (his trademark). The Australian looked tired in the 4th set and was broken twice, in the last game Leconte passed him thrice. Following Wimbledon, Cash missed some events again, but in the last quarter of the season he fully recovered, his results were consistent, and he finished the year as no. 24 – it’d have been much higher if the Davis Cup rubbers had been included to the ranking (he won four vital rubbers, two in the semifinal vs USA and two in the final vs Sweden).
   

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