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1. Voo de Mar says:

   May 16, 2026 at 10:44 am

   Points won by each set: | 41-35, 26-15 |
   Unreturned serves:
   33 % Edberg – 20 of 59
   17 % Washington – 10 of 58

   Their fourth meeting, Edberg [2] wins for the fourth time, yet Washington [16] finally puts himself in a position to win a set. He led *3:0 in the tie-break when should have won the point with a comfortable two-handed backhand (his arguably best stroke) winner, standing at the net, yet he decided to use slice and sent the ball long. In the 2nd set the Swede was serving like a big server he never was; he fired six aces, including three within five points to lead 4:1. “That changed everything,” Edberg said about the point he should have traield 0:4 in the tie-break. “I thought he played a pretty shaky tiebreaker. He had a few opportunities really to maim me, but he didn’t take the chances. He let it slip a little bit.” Washington agreed. “It was just a bad mistake. The tiebreaker is crunch time, and you can’t be making mistakes like that.”

   Edberg’s route to his 35th title:
   2 Buff Farrow 6-3, 6-1
   3 Paul Haarhuis 6-2, 6-4
   Q Guy Forget 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-4 ☆
   S Ivan Lendl 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-3
   W MaliVai Washington 7-6(4), 6-1

   ☆ Edberg trailed *3:4 (15/40) against Forget; saved both mini-MPs with aces

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