No repeats of their charity match last March, when Agassi’s jokes got a little too personal and Sampras fired a serve at him in reply. Sampras won 6-3, 7-5 this time on a night full of nostalgia ...

BOSTON, MA (Oct. 19, 2012) – Pete Sampras continued his impressive play in the early stages of the 2012 PowerShares Series by using his powerful serve to win the Staples Champions Cup at the TD ...

Sampras should be the biggest thing this side ... He's got 12 Grand Slam titles and a 120-mph serve. He's got everything but a slot on the Survivor show. What he doesn't have is buzz.

Sampras bounced back from 1-3 and created a set point with a service winner at 5-5. Federer denied it with a powerful serve and landed another at 6-6 for his set point. Pete saved it but lost a ...

Notably, both Sampras and Rafter possessed similarly well-rounded games. They played the traditional style, often coming into the net and also making use of the now-obsolete serve-and-volley strategy.

The serve-and-volleying Sampras, whose 14 Grand Slam crowns are two more than any other player, has not played competitively since he defeated long-time rival Andre Agassi in four sets to win the ...

All of them are ahead of Sampras in what the ATP Tour is calling the Champions Race 2000, but the man who turns 29 in August has the serve-and-volley tools and the accumulated wisdom to win at ...

American ace Sampras downplayed his victory, noting Federer was coming off a long season and that he was helped by his big serve and the fast indoor carpet surface. He had only aimed to win one ...

“When I played, even the best had weaknesses: the backhand for Sampras, the serve maybe for [Andre] Agassi. I went on court and had the feeling that I could beat anyone, even Sampras who I ...

The serve is the most powerful shot in tennis, and the only one that the player has full control over. Great servers such as Pete Sampras, Goran Ivanisevic and Serena Williams have honed the ...

LONDON, England (CNN)-- Former world number one, Pete Sampras, has described recently crowned French Open champion Roger Federer as the best player in history. The 37-year-old American ...