Marat Safin might have given the world a preview of the new order in men's tennis with his 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 blowout of Pete Sampras in Sunday's Open final. Safin handed Sampras only his third defeat ...

In the same interview with The Guardian, Pete Sampras was asked if retirement had ever crossed his mind amid his struggles with motivation. He responded that he had no such plans, adding that the ...

but this time he was denied by Pete Sampras, who won the last of his five titles in straight sets. Agassi reached a third final in 2000 and was denied by Gustavo Kuerten in three sets while in 200 ...

Michael Jordan, Mark McGwire, Mario Lemieux, Jerry Rice, and Pete Sampras are the Male Athlete of the Decade nominees and Bonnie Blair, Steffi Graf, Mia Hamm and Chamique Holdsclaw for Female ...

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Pete Sampras was one of the greatest players to ever take the court, racking up 14 Grand Slam wins, 286 weeks at No. 1 and six consecutive year-end No. 1 finishes. Every great athlete needs a ...

SAN JOSE, California (AP)—Former No. 1 Pete Sampras showed glimpses of his dominating best against a top player 12 years his junior in the second set of his 6-3, 7-6 (2) exhibition loss to Spain ...

became the youngest American man to reach the Australian Open's third round since Pete Sampras in 1990, upsetting a racket-tossing Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 1-6, 7-6 (10-7 ...