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Sampras scratches his itch

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Sampras still enjoys game

By Lori Shontz, St Louis Today July 23, 2006 When Pete Sampras dominated tennis, winning a record 14 major titles, he practiced every day, of course. For hours. These days, Sampras changes a lot of diapers and hangs out with his wife and two sons, ages 3 and 11 months. But he still loves to play tennis, even just hitting across the net, and he decided that if he could find a way to return to the game without returning to his former practice habits, he would do so. Enter World TeamTennis. The season lasts three weeks. Each match lasts one set. Sampras knew he could practice a couple of times a week. Perfect. Sampras said the combination of his practice schedule with the WTT format – one service break, when the first player to … Read entire article »

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Sampras loses to Weiner of FoxForce

Sampras Arrives In Style But Without Stylish Game By Tommy Hine, Hartford Courant July 22 2006 AVON — One arrived and returned to Manhattan on a private helicopter Tweet … Read entire article »

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Sampras Has Look Of A Champion

By: Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant July 22 2006 AVON – He took a seat at Blue Fox Run Golf Course and, as a way of greeting, Pete Sampras asked, “What’s on your mind?” The impulse was not to answer him. The impulse was to sit there and look at him. Just sit and look. The last time we had laid eyes on him in person he had beaten Andre Agassi in four sets for the 2002 U.S. Open title. He could have gotten a little ugly that day. He could have lashed out at the hard-hearted who had called him washed up and insisted his actress-wife was responsible for his game falling apart. Sampras had done none of that. He remained the portrait of a champion. The last time we had laid eyes on him at … Read entire article »

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Sampras sees the end of an era for U.S. men’s tennis

By Ray Parrillo, The Philadelphia Inquirer July 18, 2006 RADNOR, Pa. – As his flight descended on Philadelphia International Airport the other night, Pete Sampras looked down on the city and his mind flashed back nearly two decades. Philly, he thought to himself, is where his life changed. “It’s definitely a lot of good memories here,” Sampras said Tuesday night. “You never forget your first win.” Sampras was at Cabrini College with the Newport Beach Breakers, whose World Team Tennis match against the Freedoms was postponed by a thunderstorm during the third game of the first match, which was men’s doubles. For the 2,500 spectators who had squeezed into the stands surrounding the multicolored court, the chance to get an up-close look at perhaps the greatest player in the history of the game was brief. Sampras … Read entire article »

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Sampras happy to be back in the swing

By Bernard Fernandez, Philadelphia Daily News July 19, 2006 There is a scene in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” where the charismatic outlaws attempt to reform. The lifestyle change doesn’t take. “Well, we’ve gone straight,” Butch tells Sundance. “What’ll we do now?” Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, Pete Sampras played the role of tennis’ Butch Cassidy to Andre Agassi’s Sundance Kid. Pete was the smart, steady one Tweet … Read entire article »

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