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Saturday, November 03, 2007 Next week’s Miracle Match Tour stop in Portland’s Memorial Coliseum featuring a Friday exhibition between former tennis greats Pete Sampras and Jim Courier has been canceled. The non-life-threatening health condition — caused, in large part, by exhaustion — of tour founder Bill Przybysz led to the cancellation, event organizers said. Przybysz, a former tennis professional, founded the Miracle Match Foundation in 1999 after his diagnosis and recovery from leukemia. The five-stop Miracle Match Tour was a fundraiser for the foundation, which supports families with leukemia and other stem cell-related disorders. Portland was the fourth stop on the tour. The Nov. 11 tour stop in Spokane also was canceled. Ticket holders to the Portland stop who purchased their tickets with a credit card at the Rose Quarter box office, online … Read entire article »

By EMILY GUEVARA, The Beaumont Enterprise Nov 03, 2007 – It was as much a comedy show as a tennis match. The Christus Pro/Celebrity Classic featuring tennis greats Pete Sampras and Anna Kournikova brought out the funny side in not only the professional players, but other celebrities. The match up of the night was former professional player Justin Gimelstob and hall-of-famer Pete Sampras. Sampras entered the court to bows from the audience and quickly proved the match was no joke to him. Sampras questioned several calls early in the match, once saying “fault what?” and asking the chair umpire for an explanation. At 6-foot-5-inches tall, Gimelstob is only four inches taller than Sampras, but he appeared to struggle much more as he chased down balls. Gimelstob took the game in stride joking with front row audience members … Read entire article »