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1. Voo de Mar says:

   May 21, 2026 at 4:34 pm

   20 of 29 games included to the stats (third set is full) – 69%

   Points won by each set: | x, x, 31-23 |

   20-year-old Sundstrom [25] was a sensation of the year 1984, the main architect of Swedish success in the Davis Cup. Before he defeated the two best players at the time (Lendl, J.McEnroe) in dramatic Davis Cup rubbers, he had enjoyed a great season on clay in Spring: he triumphed in Bari, lost a final in Nice, triumphed at Monte Carlo, reached the Hamburg final, and the French Open quarterfinal. His title gained in Monaco remained the biggest for the rest of his career (5-8 record in Grand Prix finals, all on clay)… Facing his peer, yet much more experienced Wilander [4], Sundstrom won seven games in a row trailing 2:3* (deuce) in the opener. The serve meant actually nothing in that encounter, each player didn’t posses enough power to force baseline errors, thus each of them was trying to outmanoeuvre his compatriot, and every time when a shorter ball dropped in the service box area, an approach shot was applied, usually good enough to finish the point with an overhead or a high forehand volley. Sundstrom wasted a 5:1* lead in the 2nd set, but remained calm, and collected the last two games, also the last four in the 3rd set snapping a streak of four successive breaks. It happened when occurred the only game marked by a wasted break point (Sundstrom was serving at 3:2).

   Sundstrom’s route to his 3rd title:
   2 Jose Luis Clerc 6-2, 6-4
   3 Jimmy Brown 6-4, 6-3
   Q Ivan Lendl 6-1, 2-0 ret.
   S Jimmy Arias 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
   W Mats Wilander 6-3, 7-5, 6-2

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