There are greatest-ever matches, and then there are the rare matches when two of the greatest players of all time face each other. They’re rare because the only way to be remembered as a ...

One motion is a classic, the other is setting a trend. The styles may differ, but both serves more than get the job done. The subtle differences in the way a player may stand or take the racquet back ...

Todd Martin did not particularly care for the “exhibition” part. Playing Pete Sampras before a crowd of more than 4,000 Saturday night at the UIC Pavilion in the FedEx Shootout Chicago, the former ...

NEW YORK -- They battled for 3 1/2 magnificent hours, then met at the net with smiles, a handshake and warm words for each other. "Win the thing," Andre Agassi whispered in Pete Sampras' ear. Taking ...

Pete Sampras’ greatness, hidden all year, came pouring out yesterday at the U.S. Open. Playing a flawless first two sets and then breaking Patrick Rafter’s lethal serve to end it in the fourth, ...

Think about this: Roger Federer currently holds 13 major titles and is almost certain to break Sampras’ record, but he has lost in the finals of four majors. That means that the next time he appears ...

As epic as today’s Andre Agassi-Lleyton Hewitt semifinal groundstroke war stands to be, the stunning resurrection of Pete Sampras in his search for one last Grand Slam title is even more compelling.

Pete Sampras held his serve, kept his nerve and captured the U.S. Open Sunday by defeating the defending champion, Andre Agassi, the man who has become his significant other in a ballyhooed battle ...

After Pete Sampras spent most of 1995 chasing Andre Agassi in the rankings, then defeated him in the final of the US Open, Tennis magazine wrote that Sampras “never again needs to prove how good he is ...

NEW YORK — Pete Sampras looks so strong now, stretching for the power serve, dominating little guys like Byron Black, yesterday’s opponent in the men’s quarterfinals. He looks so finely tuned, gliding ...

NEW YORK – Look what tennis pulled out of its duffel bag: Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, together again. A showdown between two old friends and rivals that serves up nostalgia and anticipation as well ...