1. 07-13-20 08:40 AM #1
    slayer14
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    The Pete Sampras Era

    Sampras a American hero

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  2. 07-13-20 08:43 AM #2
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    Excellent player and is one of the best of all time.
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  3. 07-13-20 08:49 AM #3
    cincinnatikid513
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    couldn't win on clay
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  4. 07-13-20 08:56 AM #4
    SamsNCharge99
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    he was one of my favorite growing up
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  5. 07-13-20 08:57 AM #5
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    his wife is nice looking
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  6. 07-13-20 09:01 AM #6
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    53/55 might never see anything like that again
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  7. 07-13-20 09:38 AM #7
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    Good kid
    great player
    boring guy
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  8. 07-14-20 07:07 PM #8
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    was fun to watch play
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  9. 07-14-20 07:54 PM #9
    MinnesotaFats
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    Just finished 1st match of summer season

    Can barely move/ walk, everything hurts

    Real respect for the level of tennis these guys play...incredible athletes
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  10. 07-14-20 07:57 PM #10
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    he really just didnt have the IT factor

    relied on talent and the fact noone played tennis during that era

    Him and Federer kinda had a free ride to titles
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  11. 07-15-20 02:14 AM #11
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    It's funny that despite having immigrant parents Sampras' family were pretty chilled and put no pressure on him with his tennis career, to just have fun and see how it goes, while Aggasi's dad basically had all these hopes and dreams that one of his kids would achieve all the pinnacles of tennis, the no 1 ranking, winning the slams, gold medal perhaps, and drilled him throughout his childhood on it. Yet while on different paths and beginnings both became champions in their own right, and their style of play and on court persona reflected their upbringing.
    Always interesting to hear and read when these two talk...
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  12. 07-15-20 02:26 AM #12
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    One of the top 5 greatest

    1. Rafa Nadal
    2. Federer
    3. Djokovic
    4. Borg
    5. Samprus
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  13. 07-15-20 08:32 AM #13
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    Sampras solid & a good guy, but I was/am a bigger Agassi fan.

    How could anyone not love that backhand return
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