Posted on: October 02nd, 2002
Sampras` Withdrawals Fuel Retirement Speculation
- petepageOctober 2, 2002 (AP) BASEL, Switzerland -- U.S. Open champion Pete Sampras has withdrawn from all remaining ATP tournaments this season, organizers of this month's Swiss Indoors event said Wednesday.
The news will add to speculation that the 31-year-old American is planning to retire.
Sampras, who hasn't played since he won a record 14th Grand Slam singles title last month in New York, will not start in the Basel event, which opens Oct. 19, nor in the Masters Series events in Madrid, Spain, and Paris.
That means he will have no chance of qualifying for the eight-player Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, China, the final event of the season in mid-November. Sampras had a chance of qualifying after his U.S. Open victory moved him from 32nd to 12th place in the ATP Champions Race.
Sampras stoked speculation that he would retire at the end of this year following his victory at Flushing Meadows over old adversary Andre Agassi.
"To beat a rival like Andre, in a storybook ending, it might be nice to stop. But ..." Sampras said at the time.
Sampras' wife, actress Bridgette Wilson, is pregnant with their first child.
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