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Too bad the 2001 US Open was only a quarterfinal, but what a classic it turned out to be. Sampras in 4 sets all tiebreakers, Agassi actually winning the opening set. Sampras' 14 and last major win, 5th title in New York. Agassi would go on to win one more major, his 8th at the 2003 Australian Open, over 20 years ago, but feels like yesterday. Agassi was 32 at the time this 2002 US Open was played.
Agassi was definitely afraid of Sampras. He had this eternal complex. That is why he couldn’t play his game especially in latest meetings. He mentally lost. Plus of course Pete was a much better player (serve, forehand, backhand, volley, everything). Look at the game with Federer very same season on grass, how the latter illuminated Sampras where he was almost unbeatable through decades…
I don't think he was. I think Pete was just better. I do think, however, that AA was afraid of Courier, which is why he lost to him 6 straight times (including TWELVE of 13 sets), even though AA was clearly the better player.
This championship match underscores just how competitive the rivalry between these two Americans was; if one simply observes it from the score-line, then they miss the nuances of what happened during this match between two of the greatest players of this era. The first set went all points to the server in the early going, then Agassi was broken, but had chances at 3-5 to get back even on the Sampras serve. The second set was Pete's from the beginning, but Agassi did manage to break once, eventually going down 6-4. Andre then got another service break on Pete late in the third set, and claimed it 7-5. With Pete serving at 3-4 in the fourth set, Andre had multiple break point opportunities to set up a lead and could have been serving for 2 sets-all at 5-3; instead, Sampras held for 4-4, then broke Agassi for 5-4, and the rest was history. Only a few points kept this contest from going the full distance into a fifth set, a place wherein Pete has said repeatedly since this title match that he had little interest in going (read: Australian Open semi-final, 2000).
If Agassi could've held him to a 5th set, he probably would've run out of gas like he did at that 2000 Austrialian open semifinal. Agassi fought his ass off to a 4th set tie break and by then Sampras was about ready to drop dead and Agassi owned the 5th set 6-1.
True, and I read later that Pete had pulled up a bit lame at some point in that match, but for one reason or another, he definitely lost interest in fighting Andre for a place in the final after losing that fourth set.@@spacevspitch4028
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I love the look on PETE's face when he wins the match. Combination of relief, happiness, and disbelief. Beautiful end to an historic career.
I'm sure he thought, as did I, that NO ONE would ever touch his record...
These courts played so fast
They didn't.
Pete's last match. what an ending😔
Pete was a beast. Retired at the age of 31
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Last serve-volleyer to win a grand slam
Too bad the 2001 US Open was only a quarterfinal, but what a classic it turned out to be. Sampras in 4 sets all tiebreakers, Agassi actually winning the opening set. Sampras' 14 and last major win, 5th title in New York. Agassi would go on to win one more major, his 8th at the 2003 Australian Open, over 20 years ago, but feels like yesterday. Agassi was 32 at the time this 2002 US Open was played.
Как круто❤❤❤
le highlights avec des fautes directes... (Alors que dans cette rencontre les points incroyables ne manquent pas...)
Great match. I have it in Full HD
Good for ya!
4:18 Sampras is definitely the best volleyer ever (he was the goat before those 3 prodigies came)
Best serve and volleyer ever but not the best volleyer ever.
Agassi was definitely afraid of Sampras. He had this eternal complex. That is why he couldn’t play his game especially in latest meetings. He mentally lost. Plus of course Pete was a much better player (serve, forehand, backhand, volley, everything). Look at the game with Federer very same season on grass, how the latter illuminated Sampras where he was almost unbeatable through decades…
I don't think he was. I think Pete was just better. I do think, however, that AA was afraid of Courier, which is why he lost to him 6 straight times (including TWELVE of 13 sets), even though AA was clearly the better player.
This championship match underscores just how competitive the rivalry between these two Americans was; if one simply observes it from the score-line, then they miss the nuances of what happened during this match between two of the greatest players of this era. The first set went all points to the server in the early going, then Agassi was broken, but had chances at 3-5 to get back even on the Sampras serve. The second set was Pete's from the beginning, but Agassi did manage to break once, eventually going down 6-4. Andre then got another service break on Pete late in the third set, and claimed it 7-5. With Pete serving at 3-4 in the fourth set, Andre had multiple break point opportunities to set up a lead and could have been serving for 2 sets-all at 5-3; instead, Sampras held for 4-4, then broke Agassi for 5-4, and the rest was history. Only a few points kept this contest from going the full distance into a fifth set, a place wherein Pete has said repeatedly since this title match that he had little interest in going (read: Australian Open semi-final, 2000).
Care to back this up?
If Agassi could've held him to a 5th set, he probably would've run out of gas like he did at that 2000 Austrialian open semifinal. Agassi fought his ass off to a 4th set tie break and by then Sampras was about ready to drop dead and Agassi owned the 5th set 6-1.
True, and I read later that Pete had pulled up a bit lame at some point in that match, but for one reason or another, he definitely lost interest in fighting Andre for a place in the final after losing that fourth set.@@spacevspitch4028
sampras was getting bald the age of 31?
Not uncommon at all
Agassi was bald before 25
great comment. Now rest yourself.