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1. Voo de Mar says:

   March 22, 2023 at 6:52 pm

   Points won by each set: | 27-33, 41-33, 28-9 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   30 % Rafter – 29 of 96
   13 % Lapentti – 10 of 75

   An example why Rafter [4] achieved so much at the turn of 90s and 00s despite his quite limited baseline skills. For the first 50 minutes he was outplayed by a natural clay-courter Lapentti [32], but trailing 4-6, *0:2 he saved three break points with very good serves as well as another break point at 2-all. Rafter was a superb athlete capable of hanging in there with constant attacking the net as a server and a receiver. Lapentti passed him many times, but ultimately Rafter’s perseverance and agility at the net gained the upper hand.

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