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1. Voo de Mar says:

   July 7, 2023 at 4:48 pm

   Points won by each set: | 26-16, 37-30, 33-31 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   20 % Agassi – 17 of 84
   31 % Eltingh – 28 of 89

   Based on their three previous meetings, Eltingh [27] winning a set could be expected, but Agassi [1] was in a form of his life in 1995, and that day on Centre Court his returns & passing-shots were sublime. Nonetheless the Dutchman had his good moments in sets two and three. In the 2nd set he had a break point at 2:1 (all first four games of that set went to ‘deuce’, eight in total), in the 3rd set he seemed to have it in his pocket as led 3:1 having a break point on Agassi’s second serve – Eltingh wanted to play the chip-and-charge, but missed his backhand slice terribly.

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   July 7, 2023 at 4:48 pm

   The year 1995 is arguably the best in Eltingh’s career (especially given singles & doubles). He was 25 at the time, and reached two Slam quarterfinals which allowed him to crack the Top 20: in Australia having defeated Muster [16] in the 3rd round, and at Wimbledon following a sensational straight-set victory over the former champion Stich [10] in round 1 on Centre Court. The loss to Agassi meant the beginning of the end for Eltingh. Soon afterwards he started to suffer problems with his knees which led to poor results in singles and in the years 1997-98 (his last two on the tour) he was focused only on doubles

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