penny January 25th, 2008
First Roddick. Then Nadal. Now, Federer. Their candles blown out in the year’s first grandslam.
While in lament for the losses of my favorite stars, here’s a high-speed camera compilation shown in Channel 7 for the sports event, featuring these stars and more.
Thanks to dotsgraphic for the share.
AJ Jorge May 26th, 2007
I’m not a tennis fan per se, but I do know w ho’s who in the tennis world. Surprisingly, 3 of my current office mates are tennis fanatics so I get to be updated in the current news.
Just last Friday, one of my office mate told us that there will be a Federer-Sampras exhibition match sometime in November. To top it all, it will take place in Malaysia! Imagine this once in a lifetime oppurtunity and the chance that they will be able to watch it. I told them, if I could go with them, I would. I’d like to see a history in the making match.
From FoxSports:
Former world No. 1 Pete Sampras will take on top-ranked Roger Federer for three exhibition matches throughout Asia in November.
Fourteen-time Grand Slam winner Sampras, who retired in 2002, will play Federer in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 22, at the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau on Nov. 24 and at a third location to be determined on Nov. 20, organizers said Wednesday.
The idea was brought about when Federer visited Sampras in LA for a friendly game. The two probably liked playing with each other so they made the bold plan.
From BBC Sports:
World number one Roger Federer has revealed that he visited Pete Sampras in Los Angeles recently and practised with the seven-time Wimbledon champion.
Sampras retired in 2002 but Federer admitted: “Surprisingly he was very good, but not good enough to beat me!”
This is one of those things that you should never let opportunity slip by.
