Friday, July 6, 2012

Pete sampras

  • Pete Sampras expects Roger Federer to beat Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final, allowing the Swiss star to tie two of the Americans records: seven titles at the All England Club, and 286 weeks ranked No. 1.
  • (ABC News)
  • The modern era of the mens game there has been defined by the legacy of Pete Sampras, who won a record seven titles in eight years.
  • (News4Jax.com)
  • WIMBLEDON, England (USA TODAY) — Wimbledon has always been a point of intersection for Roger Federer and Pete Sampras. It was here in 2001 that the talented but untested Swiss announced his arrival with a stirring five-set defeat of top-seeded Sampras.
  • (Courier-Journal)
  • There was just a calm acceptance that he now stood three sets away from lifting a record-equalling seventh Challenge Cup, a feat which would draw him level with his hero Pete Sampras and William Renshaw. Im aware that the tournaments not over yet.
  • (Yahoo! Eurosport)
  • Both are playing for history.
  • (Boston Globe)
  • WIMBLEDON, England — Pete Sampras expects Roger Federer to beat Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final, allowing the Swiss star to tie two of the American's records: seven titles at the All England Club, and 286 weeks ranked No. 1.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Federer's remarkable victory, which felt like an upset, put him in position to tie William Renshaw and Pete Sampras for the men's record here by winning a seventh Wimbledon singles title.
  • (New York Times)
  • His seventh Wimbledon championship would tie the men's record held by Pete Sampras and William Renshaw. He'd never played Djokovic on grass. "It was obviously a big occasion," Federer told reporters. "These matches only help my confidence.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • ROGER Federer will eclipse one of the great Pete Sampras Wimbledon records tonight and will equal another if he can go all the way and win the Mens Singles title on Sunday.
  • (News.com.au)

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