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Posted on: March 13th, 2006

Sampras still in the rackets

- petepage

By KEN HOFFMAN
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

TENNIS legend Pete Sampras, quite possibly the GOAT (greatest of all time), promises that he will look pretty much the same when he comes out of retirement for an exhibition match at River Oaks Country Club next month as he did when he was winning all those Wimbledon titles in the '90s.

OK, maybe he's a little thicker in the middle and a little thinner up top.

"Hey, I was losing my hair when I was still playing," he said, laughing. "That's the result of heredity and stress."

Tennis fans will notice one big difference: Sampras has ditched the Wilson Pro Staff mid racket he used his entire career.

"I'm actually trying a bigger racket. I used a small racket my whole time on tour. But now I'm an old guy, I need some extra power. I'm using the racket that (current No. 1 player) Roger Federer uses. I don't even know the name of it — I know it's red, that's all."

Federer's (and now Sampras') racket is the Wilson nCode nSix-One Tour 90.

Source: Houston Chronicle

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