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Sampras` agent proceeding with plans for next year

[October 30, 2002 Greg Garber ESPN.com] The Westside Tennis Club at Houston announced Wednesday that Jill Smoller, Sampras’ agent at the William Morris Agency, said that Sampras is committed to play in the event, which will be held at the Houston club April 21-27, 2003. At the 2002 championships, Sampras defeated Andre Agassi in the semi-finals before losing to Andy Roddick in the finals. Pete Sampras and his wife, actress Bridgette Wilson, may well become parents sooner than expected. “The baby’s due at the end of November,” Jill Smoller, said Wednesday from her Los Angeles office. “But she visited the doctor yesterday and she’s farther along than expected. We could be looking at the middle of the month.” So, while the world’s top-ranked eight players are banging away at the … Read entire article »

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Sampras Keeping Options Open

[October 24, 2002 Sky News] Organisers of the Australian Open are still waiting to hear whether US Open champion Pete Sampras intends to play in next year’s first grand slam. Officials at the Kooyong Classic, the final warm-up event before the Australian Open, said they were saving a spot in their invitation-only tournament for Sampras, who has not played since his win over Andre Agassi in New York last month. Six of the eight available places have already been filled and tournament director Colin Stubs said one of the remaining two spots had been reserved for the 31-year-old American. “I’ve spoken to his management and they say he still hasn’t made a decision, but he will definitely make his comeback at Kooyong if he decides to play the Australian Open,” … Read entire article »

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Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number by Georgia Christoforou (UK)

Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number by Georgia Christoforou (UK)

When Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi contested the 2002 US Open Final their combined ages amounted to 63! Long before the tournament began, the critics and journalists had been writing about the possible impending retirement of two of the greats in the game. Some of the headlines regarding record breaking Pete Sampras were nothing short of soul breaking. For example one US Newspaper ran an article with the headline “For Pete’s Sake Stop” but had any of … Read entire article »

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The Sampras Song By: Perizad Dalal (Mumbai, India)

They said you should retire You should call it a day Proved so much already What else was there to say Thirteen titles in the bag A place in history What’s left to play for Just bow out gracefully But you knew yourself better You know you are The Best You’ve got your 14th title You’ve passed your toughest test Well done, Pete Champion of Champions Bravo Pete You’re a real Superstar That’s why you’re ahead And others are where they are Oh-oh-oh You showed them Pete Showed you could do it Talent and grit Took you right through it When you’re on a roll You just rock, Pete, you rule! When you’re on a roll You just rock, Pete you rule Tweet … Read entire article »

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Stars should be allowed to just fade away

Source: Christopher Clarey IHT, Friday, October 11, 2002 So what would you do in the unlikely event you were Pete Sampras? Stop on top after the perfect ending? Or follow your career-long plan and swing away into your 30s for the sheer, untrumpable thrill of playing the game you love on the biggest stages for as long as possible? Just six weeks ago, the chances that Sampras would face this sort of win-win proposition looked as remote as the prospect of him win-winning on Paris clay. But that was before he ripped through the draw and the most emblematic adversary possible in Andre Agassi to hold up the trophy at the U.S. Open. Since then, he has been reveling in the unexpected buzz, enjoying married life in Southern California and … Read entire article »

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Sampras tells his story – Champ to pen autobiography

[October 10, 2002 Peoplenews] Seven-times Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras is planning to write an autobiography. The 31-year-old, who is generally thought to be in the twilight of a career, has apparently started hawking ideas around the New York publishing houses. The book is expected to concentrate on his battles with Andre Agassi and spill the beans on some of his fellow pros. However, the opinion is that Pistol Pete, a man as famed for his dourness as his flashing forehands, may find it harder to than he might have thought to secure the deal. ‘The book would be compared to McEnroe’s recent book, You Cannot Be Serious,’ said a publishing insider. ‘Pete just can’t compete with that. McEnroe’s drug-taking, his marriage to Tatum O’Neil and the general carnage of his … Read entire article »

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