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Small Crowd Gives Big Embrace to Tennis Stars

By Ken Robison / The Fresno Bee10/25/07 23:04:45 To Jaspreet Singh of Kingsburg, Selland Arena might as well have been tennis heaven Thursday. Pete Sampras was playing a tennis match not more than 30 feet away. “A dream come true,” Singh gushed as Sampras polished off Jim Courier 3-6, 6-3, (10-8) on a makeshift court in the downtown arena. “To watch Pete Sampras, a guy I idolized when I was growing up.” Singh’s comments were echoed by many among the crowd of more than 1,800 fans, who cheered the two Hall of Famers through thick (big serves and forehand returns) and thin (errors and mishits). Thursday’s exhibition match was a charity event for the Miracle Match Foundation, which helps leukemia patients receive bone marrow transplants. It was fitting that Sampras won Thursday, as he did … Read entire article »

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Tennis Channel Schedule

The Tennis Channel will broadcast the exhibition matches between Pete Sampras and Roger Federer. Tuesday, November 20 (EST)4:00 AM Sampras vs. Federer : Seoul, Korea (LIVE)8:00 PM Sampras vs. Federer : Seoul, Korea (REPEAT) Wednesday, November 21 (EST)4:00 PM Sampras vs. Federer : Seoul, Korea (REPEAT) Thursday, November 22 (EST)7:00 AM Sampras vs. Federer : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (LIVE) 8:00 PM Sampras vs. Federer : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (REPEAT) Friday, November 23 (EST)4:00 PM Sampras vs. Federer : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (REPEAT) Saturday, November 24 (EST)1:00 AM Sampras vs. Federer : Macao, China (LIVE) 8:00 PM Sampras vs. Federer : Macao, China (REPEAT) Sunday, November 25 (EST)4:00 PM Sampras vs. Federer : Macao, China (REPEAT) … Read entire article »

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Sampras shows signs of old self

By Dale Robertson, Houston Chronicle Oct. 24, 2007 – The Pete Sampras who will be knocking tennis balls around in Beaumont a week from Friday in the Christus Pro/Celebrity Classic is a very different player from the one who launched his post-retirement “career” in Houston in the spring of 2006. At 36, Sampras may not be the powerful and leonine record-setting Grand Slam champion of yore, but he’ll be a reasonable facsimile thereof. When Sampras took his first, halting steps back into the fray against Robby Ginepri at River Oaks Country Club, he hadn’t played competitively in more than three years, and his weight had ballooned to almost 200 pounds. Now he’s back down to where he was in his prime, the mid-180s, and he has his racket and strings so finely tuned … Read entire article »

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Sampras, Courier to play in Anaheim

The Orange County Register Anaheim — A charity will hold court in Anaheim. Tennis legends Pete Sampras and Jim Courier will play an exhibition match Sunday, Oct. 28 in the Anaheim Convention Center. The 6 p.m. match is the third stop in the five-event Sampras vs. Courier Miracle Match Tour. The tour benefits the Miracle Match Foundation, which was established in January of 1997 by former tennis professional Bill Przybysz following the diagnosis of his Acute Monocytic Leukemia (AML). Przybysz will make a special guest appearance at the event. Tickets are on sale now at the Anaheim Convention Center box office, or at www.ticketmaster.com. For more information on the event, visit www.miraclematchfoundation.com. Source: Orange County Register Tweet … Read entire article »

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Once again, Sampras serves up a winner

Oct. 01, 2007 – The surface was fast for clay, but it wasn’t fast enough for Todd Martin. Thanks to the dry conditions around Charlotte, the clay surface for the Championships at The Palisades was almost as fast as a hard court. Almost. Martin needed it that much faster Sunday to hold his serve as easily as Pete Sampras did in his 6-3, 6-4 victory in the final. Sampras’ serve is so exceptional, he could probably hit aces on a court of Marshmallow Fluff. Martin is a big server, too, but not quite in Sampras’ class. “I didn’t serve particularly well all day,” said Martin, who managed to break in the second set, only to be broken in the next game on four straight points to essentially clinch the match for Sampras. “I’m better … Read entire article »

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