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1. Voo de Mar says:

   July 9, 2026 at 8:03 pm

   Points won by each set: | 32-21, 33-19, 26-15 |
   Unreturned serves:
   57 % Curren – 38 of 66
   25 % Connors – 20 of 80

   The year 1985 it was a time of big changes in Curren’s career. In April the South African became a US citizen. Earlier that year, as one of the last top players, he rejected the wooden racquet and replaced it with Kneissl “White Star Twin”, his dangerous serve became even more lethal. Everything clicked during Wimbledon ’85, “the new Curren” demolished in back-to-back matches J.McEnroe and Connors [3], considered as the best grass-court players at the time. [9] Curren’s serve was so dominant against Connors (Curren saved the only break point leading 2:0 in the opener) that allowed him to play freely as a receiver. In the last set Curren already led 5:0 and finished the contest with three aces and an overhead after the bounce. His 18 aces by sets: 6-8-4.

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