Post Tagged with: "Pete Sampras"
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Rafter Wins Second Straight PowerShares Title in New York
In an almost repeat performance from his last PowerShares event in Philadelphia, Patrick Rafter snapped up his second title in a row over John McEnroe in the finals of the NASDAQ Indexes Cup in New York City. Playing at the world famous Madison Square Garden, the two time U.S. Open [...] -
Great matches of the US Open part two – Sampras vs Agassi
Pete Sampras vs. Andre Agassi (Quarter-final, 2001) 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 7-6(2), 7-6(5) Iconic American rivals Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras faced off 34 times during their ATP careers. Sampras generally held the upper hand with 20 wins overall and he also won four of the five grand slam finals [...] -
Biggest tennis upsets in the history of Olympic Games
Tennis returned to Olympics in the 1988 Seoul Olympics after a gap of 64 years as it was left out after the 1924 Paris Olympics. Miloslav Mecir won the Gold Medal in singles and Steffi Graf grabbed the women’s singles title in Seoul. There have been a number of huge [...] -
Is Olympic Gold all that’s left for Federer?
Already well on his way to going down in history as one of world’s greatest sportsmen, Roger Federer admits to not really having any major goals on his ‘bucket list’, although he’d love to get a medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games. During the traditional press conference held by [...] -
United States tennis: Where have the elite men tennis players gone
Over the past few years, the perception is the United States has reached a low point in men’s tennis because its players no longer win, or are even competitive, at the Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open, or Wimbledon (grand slam) championships, and are not relevant at the top of [...] -
US Tour set for former Grand Slam Champions
Although retired from the professional circuit, the world’s greatest Grand Slam champions are set to play a series of matches throughout the US in a short tour taking place this October and November. Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors are amongst the tennis greats who will be [...] -
Federer eclipses tennis greats to hold record for most weeks spent at number one
Following his latest success at the All England club and his seventh Wimbledon title, which equalled the record of Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, Swiss ace Roger Federer returned to the number one spot in the ATP world rankings for the first time since winning the French Open in 2010. [...] -
Another Record for Roger Federer
It’s a record that he was sure to break following his seventh singles title win at Wimbledon a week ago, Roger Federer has re-written tennis history once again by breaking the record for the most weeks spent at the world number 1 spot in the ATP rankings. Further adding to [...] -
Sampras bows out in Second Set of Exhibition Match
Fans at the Bank of the West Classic WTA tournament have been treated to more than watching some of the best women’s tennis players this year. Three exhibition matches have been lined up featuring tennis legends Pete Sampras, Michael Change and Jim Courier with the first taking place on Wednesday. [...] -
Roger Federer: 7 time Wimbledon Champion
It looked for a while that Andy Murray could do it. At one set ahead and 4-4 in the second, he had break points to give himself the opportunity to serve for a two set lead. His backhand drive flashes millimetres long, and from then on, the true Roger Federer [...] -
Is Federer – Nadal Rivalry the Best Ever?
Over the last decade, we may well have seen the biggest rivalry ever seen in tennis, that being the one between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Of course there were other great match-ups in the past, like McEnroe – Borg or Sampras – Agassi, but the one between the Swiss [...] -
Will Federer become world no.1 again?
Roger Federer is for many tennis fans and experts the greatest tennis player of all times. Not only has he won 16 Grand Slam titles, but he’s managed to win them on all surfaces (hard court, clay and grass), and has won every Grand Slam title at least once. He [...] -
Kuerten elected into the Tennis Hall of Fame
The 3 times Roland Garros champion and former world no.1 Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil has been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Kuerten was a very popular player, many tennis fans admired and adored him. He was always full of smiles and everyone knows him under the nickname [...]
