Pete Sampras great shots selection against Tommy Haas (US Open 2002 4R)

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Published by Samprasfan1987 at 05/24/2012 12:14 Like

Pete Sampras great shots selection against Tommy Haas in U.S. Open 2002 4-th round. Sampras won 7:5, 6:4, 6:7(5), 7:5.

Haas was two points away from winning the 1st set twice at 5:4 (deuce) on Sampras serve. Sampras had two set points at 5:3 in the 2nd set on Haas serve, later the German had even one bp to level the score to 5:5, but Sampras took the 2nd set 6:4. In the 3rd set tiebreaker Sampras was up 2:0 and 3:2 with minibreaks.

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funkrafty, at 04/30/2013 23:35, says:
Sweet Pete Powa
TXAZ84, at 04/03/2013 06:59, says:
I really would love to see a Pete Sampras's match against Nadal. That way we could see if Sampras would really do those shots.
tchanming, at 03/15/2013 05:45, says:
Great! Do u hv a HQ version.
thalivest, at 03/06/2013 06:00, says:
"A step slow", I don't think it was Haas who said that. I believe it was Rusedski in the previous round.
Michael Clark, at 02/15/2013 02:14, says:
DunkinDonutful, if you really believe Sampras was the GOAT, then you should check out this little ebook which has a chapter dedicated to this argument. It is called "The Protected Era of Men's Tennis" and you can find it on Amazon. Lots of interesting stats and analysis to show that today's game protects the top few players, somewhat weakening the case for Roger as the GOAT.
quest8899, at 11/24/2012 02:34, says:
Courts seem so faster back then
DunkinDonutful, at 11/08/2012 12:14, says:
Pete was GOAT. Federer was a poor mans GOAT.
grega1972, at 10/22/2012 21:00, says:
People will always argue who was the best ever. But the one thing that can never be argued was how could Pete hit with so damn much power and play so damn stylish cuz for me it was how cool he looked when playing ! Bar none ,no one played sweeter
Kathie Kennedy, at 09/01/2012 22:08, says:
just saw a look back of this win for sampras on us open coverage. they said haas was overheard in the locker room after being spanked by sampras - saying he didn't think sampras would win another match in that tournament - said he could tell sampras was a step behind?? as you know - sampras won the tournament!
Hypnos7, at 08/28/2012 07:42, says:
Perfect ball striking.
Hypnos7, at 08/28/2012 07:28, says:
One big difference is that most players use polyester strings now which are much stiffer than gut. The same player that used to string gut at 60 lbs would now string poly at 45 lbs. Sampras played with gut.
Henman5, at 07/13/2012 22:57, says:
LOL, Sampras' serve and forehand have so much pace and acceleration, and his volley game is so sweet! I would love to see Nadal, Djokovic and Murray trying to make their ugly passing shots against Pete! :D
Scarecrowman27, at 07/06/2012 19:23, says:
Was this recorded with a shadow?
oplilium, at 07/01/2012 16:47, says:
Sampras uses Wilson Pro Staff, which is very very stiff. He basically has too much power, and needed heavy and stiff racket just to control his power.
cain2335, at 06/27/2012 17:51, says:
the Pro Staff 85 is strictly a racket for control. and Sampras strung his racket at 70lbs-74lbs which means that he got zero power at all from his strings. He was just a gorilla on court and supplied all the power himself. all players today string their rackets from 40-60lbs.
quest8899, at 06/18/2012 00:33, says:
Sampras must use the most powerful racquet in the world, he hits the ball so hard
Samprasfan1987, at 05/25/2012 08:07, says:
I remember TV commentary watching that match in 2002 that "we have only two options. Sampras will win in 4 sets or Haas in 5" :) BTW what a irony. Sampras double-faulted on match point for Haas in Toronto a couple of weeks earlier. This time Haas made a double-fault on match point for Pete :)
colemanelf, at 05/24/2012 21:59, says:
he saved the best for last:)