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1. Voo de Mar says:

   May 16, 2026 at 2:29 pm

   Points won by each set: | 40-36, 31-23 |
   Unreturned serves:
   37 % Medvedev – 24 of 64
   15 % Korda – 10 of 66

   “Winning ugly” at its best: Medvedev [12] didn’t hit other winner than an ace until he led 30/15 at 2-all in the 2nd set (he made a smash after the bounce then), yet he led by a set. At the beginning (there was *0:3, 15/30) the Ukrainian had no answer to [9] Korda’s ground-stroke fluidity. The Czech led 5:2, but at 5:3 he wasted three chances to seal the set on serve (including a double set point), and Medvedev somehow stole the set he seemed much inferior in despite his very solid baseline game overall. Right after the match, a little boy ran onto the court to high-five with Medvedev – it was Alexandr Dolgopolov, only 5 years old at the time, future world number 13. “I’ve never done anything like this before,” Medvedev said of his serving in the semifinal when he struck 11 aces in the opening set. “Not even in practice when there’s no one on the other side of the court.” The serve was also the key in his final victory. Medvedev was approaching 19th year of his life, had already six titles under his belt. Before him comparable number of titles being so young had collected only Borg, Becker, Wilander and Agassi, but Medvedev – as opposed to them – didn’t turn into a champion of major events.

   Medvedev’s route to his 6th title:
   2 Olivier Delaitre 7-5, 6-3
   3 Tommy Ho 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-0 ☆
   Q Jonas Svensson 7-6(6), 1-6, 6-4
   S Andre Agassi 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-4
   W Petr Korda 7-5, 6-4

   ☆ Ho was serving at 5:4 (30-30) in the 2nd set

   Serve & volley: Medvedev 0/2, Korda 0/1

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