Pete Sampras vs Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Final Set | Russia v United States | Davis Cup Final 1995 | ITF
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- Relive every minute of the action from 2-0, 0-1 in the final set of the 1995 Davis Cup Final in Moscow between Pete Sampras and Yevgeny Kafelnikov. The Washington Post described it as “probably his best clay court performance ever”, opening its report: “They said Pete Sampras wasn’t supposed to be a great claycourt player. They said he would be the weak link for the United States in the 1995 Davis Cup final against Russia. Trouble is, they forgot to tell Pete Sampras.”
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For us, young tennis fans in Russia, it was like two our favorite players playing.
would love to see more classic matches like this. I love both Sampras and Kafelnikov very much!
My God Sampras' running forehand was even more godlike than usual.
Pete wearing his backyard shorts to feel even more at home 🏠
Thanks a lot! Two of my favourite players from 90s
Pete wearing cut-off PJs...He always made it look like he just rolled out of bed while he was stomping people; this is next level.
Sampras beat Muster, Courier, Kafelnikov, Bruguera ON clay. All French Open winners. The problem with Pete was he didn't have the conditioning to win on clay for two weeks like the other gentlemen did. BUT he definitely could play on the stuff.
J Gamez He also did beat Agassi on clay
Tennis schedule was harder back then several masters were 5-setters, less time between slams, and top players couldn't opt out as often. Also, Sampras' health condition affected his endurance maybe treatable now.
his conditioning was seriously hindered by his thalassemia minor.
@@hehehehehahahaha2025 absolutely! if he didn't have that problem he would've been an even better player.
Mr .Sampras Never had an effective backhand down the line or a vicious Topspin return on his backhand or great passing shot on backhand side , so he was being forced to turn around his backhand to hit his BIG forehand, BUT that would create two major problems : 1) spending too much energy ( physically ) 2 ) opening too much space on his forehand side ...... if you would look at ALL the gentleman you named above , THEY all had a super great backhand down- the- line AND backhand return shot ...classic one was : Borg backhand down the line . With that backhand he would NEVER win French open because the nature of high bouncing ball on clay targeted to his WEAK backhand .
Pete - the ROCKY of tennis
'Murica '95
Sampras = still best player ever
Without a doubt!!!!
to never have won the FO
To be honest Russia should have won it, Kafelnikov better player on Clay but got very nervous and lot of pressure Sampras on the other hand was a grand slam champion already and play one of the best matches of his life on clay.
Ne pas oublier que kafel a battu Pete à Rolland Garros en 1996 lui infligeant un 6/0 dans le deuxième set ! Effectivement Pete est un joueur de court rapide ! Ciment, herbe… quelles belles années nous ont donné ces deux joueurs !! 💜
Reminds me irresistibly of the Davis Cup Final 1972, US v. Romania, played on clay in Bucharest. US were expected to lose, and the Romanian crowd and linesmen did their best to ensure that. Stan Smith played heroically to win his 2 singles (clay was not his best surface) and won the doubles with Van Dillen with rampant bad calls, and Tiriac, in particular, using gross gamesmanship and urging on the crowd. After the match with Tiriac, Smith, the most upright and gentlemanly player told Tiriac he would never speak to him again.
The Russians here were pretty underhand, too. They watered the courts to make them even slower, and were fined and told not to try any tricks like that again. They were convinced they would win, because Sampras did not like clay, but like Stan Smith, he rose to the occasion, and won his 2 singles, and the doubles.
My idol Sampras!!!💕💕💕
This wasn’t even a clay court it was a mud court , the Russians intensionally watered down the court to slow it down .
One of the greatest wins ever by Sampras and the most underrated .
It doesn´t seem the court was slippery, that would have been my only complain. For a non clay courter, actually it´s better when the clay court is watered, because the bounce is much more predictable, and the feet movement is easier, there is much more grip to the ground. For a power player like Sampras, being able to hit hard with a solid base (feet) and after a predictable bounce, using a small racket is ideal. Also in this conditions, topspin shots are less effective, because the bounce is lower.
Especially because clay is Pete's weakness.
@@miguelbarahona6636 While you're right about the topspin aspect of a watered court, the thing is, Sampras' serve - by far his biggest weapon - relied HEAVILY on spin. As for his flat FH, a watered court will give him more time to set up the shot but it does reduce the penetrative effect and in theory should make it harder to finish points - which is kinda what you want as an opponent of Sampras, considering his thalassemia minor and propensity to run out of gas.
@@hehehehehahahaha2025 I didn't know if I should respond to you or respond to the TH-cam user you responded to. I don't know if any respond is needed to begin with.
Nevertheless, I think one thing or two need to be mentioned.
On clay, a tennis ball looses more horizontal velocity than on a non clay surfaces after the bounce.
That's on dry clay. The ball looses horizontal velocity. Some of this velocity is not lost, it becomes vertical velocity (even more so with topspin) hence a brutal bounce that is hard to handle.
Dry clay? The ball gets a bit heavier because the felt gather some dust.
Wet clay? Thank goodness I never had to hit such heavy balls.
I remember Pete saying when they got back to America with the Cup, there was hardly any public interest. Same thing when he achieved his record 6 in a row end of year no.1 ranking, there was more interest, appreciation and admiration for his achievement abroad, than in America.
why only the last set ? never had the chance to see all the match ! please upload all the match !
and by the way, upload also the sampras/chesnokov, one of the braviest performances of Sampras on clay at the same final !
th-cam.com/video/ZB7VUjs9zUw/w-d-xo.html enjoy))
Could you have more ads please. 20nwasnt enough
Really great stuff.
Sampras un verdadero campeón que sangre frío para hacer un Ace en esa situación. Sólo un campeón de su nivel haría eso.
Вот это люди ☝🏻🤘🏻✌🏻
And the crowd went MAD..
good old times )))
Sampras won all three of his matches to win this for the USA!
Who says Sampras cant win a big match on clay....???
I think being indoors helped him.
He had his best runs on clay (Rome 1994 / Davis Cup 1995 / French Open 1996) when the conditions were the most favorable to his game.
do u have greg rusedski compaque grand slam cup
alguien en 2024
What about Agassi vs Stich 1991?
Why not upload the full match??
not so interesting
@@andrecolt582
Here's a quote from Gullikson about the 'not so interesting': "Sampras sprinted through the first two sets, 6-2, 6-4. Said Davis Cup captain Tom Gullikson, “I’ve never seen better clay-court tennis.”".
But I guess an armchair analyst knows better?
@@danguee1 Man I watched this match live in 1995. And I watched Sampras-Chesnokov 5-setter in first day. THAT was incredible match, after this match Sampras fell and was carried away by trainers. All audience was shocked. maybe he was talking about the match with Chesnokov, and you got it all mixed up?)
Class🔥c 🎾
the ball kid in the match is MARAT SAFIN!!!!!!
bullshit. Safin was in Spain.
…and the Russians watered the court down as close to mud as possible in an effort to slow it down. 😂 heh, in Canada we find the fastest possible courts short of hockey ice favor our players.
This court was as slow as molasses
미국 샘프라스 독일 보리스 베커 스위스 로저 페더러 스웨덴 비욘 보그 체코 이반 렌들 대만 마이클 창 스페인 나달 러시아 사핀 이상이 각국에서 배출한 최고의 선수다.
Toobad it didnt happen 6 months later at the French Open
Nooo it was great it didn't happen.
演戲
Сампрас лучший после Федерера,и Кафельников не плох,но игра не интересная🤦🏼♂️