This loss crushed Agassi - he was red hot that year, beating Sampras in the finals of the Aus Open, Miami and Canada. Pete won Indian Wells final... but this loss could be seen as a precursor to Agassi slipping out the top 100 by mid-1997
gotta hand it to tennis players. having to talk and stand there while the other guy gets handed the trophy. this match back then was huge. both had won a slam that year. playing for year end no.1 ranking. and Agassi had won all the hard court tournaments leading up to this one. pete always won the biggest points most of the time in their rivalry
+Alex Tomlinson not saying he's bad..... Pete was one of the best athletes of his time and no one could serve with his accuracy and come to the net that quick.but after a while, his serve and volley tricks didn't appeal much and his game became mechanical
and yet he still beat all the top players at that time in the world, went out on top at the us open with a so called mechanical game. pete was the closest to a perfect tennis player as well ever get.
Actually it is roughly $35,000USD if you lose in the opening round of a slam plus an additional $10,000 if you entered through qualifying. Winning a slam gets you about 3.5million.
becker would not win one. even in the nineties he managed to win only the australian open, the least important one. but he would be in the top 8 today, i think
Very good logic there, Mr. Spock would love you. What the hell, Andre and Pete are Not American? What are they, like fake news, you are saying they're fake Americans? Now I've heard everything
I never saw this before, thank you for posting!
Agassi is well-renowned for his very aggressive returning. It wasn't the era, it was his playstyle.
This loss crushed Agassi - he was red hot that year, beating Sampras in the finals of the Aus Open, Miami and Canada. Pete won Indian Wells final... but this loss could be seen as a precursor to Agassi slipping out the top 100 by mid-1997
lol, Agassi looks like he belongs in the Pirates of the Carribean movies.
Sampras the king in the generation...
My dear, dear god: they were young back then.. :)
THE RACKETS ARE WAY BETTER!!
i cannot say abt othrs but i can say with confidence pete sampras would hv won 14 or more slams in all era
Agassi is hitting Sampras serve on the baseline. Now they stand like metres behind it.
gotta hand it to tennis players. having to talk and stand there while the other guy gets handed the trophy. this match back then was huge. both had won a slam that year. playing for year end no.1 ranking. and Agassi had won all the hard court tournaments leading up to this one. pete always won the biggest points most of the time in their rivalry
Does anybody else think Pete Sampras reminds them of the bad guy from Titanic? xD
We just can't tell, because they would probably play a different game since they would be in a different era with different rackets, etc.
Agassi took 3 years to recover psychologically from this loss. Always preferred Sampras over Agassi.
haha the smell of money and the smirky smile on sampras, he reminds of the joker.
Wish I could be there to catch that racket!!! Modern players never throw them to the crowd nowadays, only sweaty bands... :P
Watch Soderling vs Nadal at the French Open 2009. Robin, whipped his racquet into the crowd after he won.
JoshDragon18 What if it killed someone?
sampras was so humble.
Sampras was a boring player
ashwin he wasn't boring he was the best that ever played the game of tennis.
+Alex Tomlinson not saying he's bad..... Pete was one of the best athletes of his time and no one could serve with his accuracy and come to the net that quick.but after a while, his serve and volley tricks didn't appeal much and his game became mechanical
and yet he still beat all the top players at that time in the world, went out on top at the us open with a so called mechanical game. pete was the closest to a perfect tennis player as well ever get.
+Alex Tomlinson nope
It's so awkward how they give them the check right then and there haha
check sampras' smile when that dude announces the amount of money!
Comparando con rallies de ahora se ve un tenis mucho mas lento !!!
how come agassi didn't get a runner's up plate?
bang on the line - the middle of the line, not even the edge
How Agassi went from Brooke Shields to Steffi Graf I will never understand...
The style of the game has changed: Yes. Rackets are much better: No. "The balls fly in a more reliable trajectory": No.
Nowadays, last place person in tournament get 575,000 dollars. Oh how times have changed.
Kurt Gembolis In what tournament? Really?
+Marko R. Milutinović no, that's not true at all. If you lose min the first round today you'll get about $10,000
Actually it is roughly $35,000USD if you lose in the opening round of a slam plus an additional $10,000 if you entered through qualifying. Winning a slam gets you about 3.5million.
But less buying power in today's money.
Kurt Gembolis it’s 4 million now
becker would not win one. even in the nineties he managed to win only the australian open, the least important one. but he would be in the top 8 today, i think
sampras in this generation would in total win no more than 7 - 8 slams
agassi would win 3 -4 slams in total
becker 2 - 3 slams in total
Nonsense. The whole todays game would not be possible with the equipment of that time.
brooke shields jodió la carrera de andre agassi, la yoko ono del tennis
here Agassi looks like a straight up gangster
Becker won wimbledon as well
it seems to me like the balls were low pressurized
87 500$ for losing a match
He's thinking of all the future tips he can now afford. Five hundred and seventy five thousand one dollar tips.
Agassi,Sampras.... they are all NOT american, lol, CHRIS EVERT was the REAL US player
+MarcusGL CHRIS EVERT was the REAL US player
LOL LOL LOL LOL HAHAHAHAHHAHAH
that's right you deserve Roddick you idiot not Sampras or Agassi
Going by that logic then you could say Native American's are the real US players.
No sorry, I was a huge EDBERG fan :-)
Very good logic there, Mr. Spock would love you. What the hell, Andre and Pete are Not American? What are they, like fake news, you are saying they're fake Americans? Now I've heard everything