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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 26, 2024 at 11:47 am

   Points won by each set: | 43-40, 31-25 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   38 % Forget – 24 of 63
   25 % Pioline – 19 of 76

   A city in southern France, and two Frenchmen in the final, both wearing all white attires. The four years younger Pioline [44] began leading 5:2* (30/15), but lost five straight games, and in the 2nd set he seemed discouraged. Forget [52] was poorly playing at the net, but his serve was functioning like in 1991 when he’d been considered by many as the best server in the world. It was his 19th and last main-level final, 10th given French cities (record 11-8 overall; 8-2 in France). Pioline had an abysmal 0-9 record in those finals at the time, but a few weeks later (Copenhagen) he finally won his maiden title… After three years of “The Open 13” the surface was changed from carpet (Supreme Court) to hard – a tendency typical for indoor tennis in the second part of the 90s, the hardcourts under the roof gained popularity during the times of graphite racquet improvement (bigger heads with lower weight) allowing players to serve faster making matches less attractive for spectators. When the decade started, only a few players were able to serve more than 200 kph, in the late 90s this speed was delivered by the majority of players.

   Forget’s route to his 11th title:
   1 Yannick Noah 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
   2 Jakob Hlasek 6-3, 7-6(4)
   Q Adrian Voinea 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
   S Tomas Carbonell 6-3, 7-6(6)
   W Cedric Pioline 7-5, 6-4

   Serve & volley: Forget 4/18, Pioline 3/7

   ☆ In his toughest match of the week against Voinea, Forget was serving first in the decider – no breaks until 12th game when the Romanian lost his serve…
   Forget 34% directly behind the serve in this match (7 aces, 23 unreturned)

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