Roddick vs. Sampras

[sabbydabbydooo]

The space in between the service line and base line looks like shit, I mean, who'd wanna step in that

[TennisFilmProduction]

The court looks like a checker-board. lol

[Armornone]

What a gay looking court. Obviously the work of a homosexual designer.

[JARheadmix]

@Armornone yeah, or it could have been a straight person? how is it gay and since when is it bad to be gay?

[computermaster]

For all you know Sampras might still pull it off against Roddick now- he can crack up at times.

[zacthecarman]

wow the power of roddicks serves

[superman11978]

I'm not at all a fan of Roddick. But to be fair, Roddick is 2-1 against Sampras on the actual tour, where it counted. And not even the biggest Sampras fan would think that a retired Sampras could beat a top 10 player in a real ATP tournament.

[alin1975]

@superman11978

Thing is, while I wont begin to make predictions about what Sampras might be still able to do, there is another difference between playing on tour and playing exhibitions. Often, its the stress of the tournament and maintaining consistency over many consecutive matches thats the problem. Some of the matches I have seen Edberg play in his 40s looked better than what I saw him do in his last year on tour.

Again, not making claims, just adding this one other factor.

[276127612761]

I think they ran out of red paint

[cj397]

@276127612761 it's WTT....

[goobandchuck2210]

cool court

[templetonbob]

I'm surprised the ball isn't hotpink to match the court

[has00786]

roddicks serve is ridiculously hard

[davd1986]

Love the chip/slice backhands that Federer and Sampras have and the way they use that to great effect! You can clearly see how easily (seemingly), Sampras blocks Roddick's serve.

[koreankoreanguyguy]

those are WTT courts

[scourge2020]

Ugh, its the gayest court in the world.

[bamibalboy]

i like the court

[UsefGooner]

the court looks like Microsoft ad

[MaxxedOne]

funny court

[4c2p0]

i'v always wanted to paint a multi color court.

[cansadomehallo]

lol mario tennis secret court

[tennisofhoyoungwon]

ahah!! i live lik 10 minutes from here!! i neva knew they had WTT!!! lol

ps: its University of California Irvine (UCI)

[DrFeelGood93]

this is the best tennis court in the world

[OneWingDuck]

lol when at first glance i saw it like one service box was grass and the other was hard and than past the survice it was clay. now THAT would be a battle of the surfaces!

[ouggnoy]

the guy who designed the court was a crack head.

[saylo15]

waaaooo strange court

[DaCrazyCousinzzzz]

i played in a gym like that

[dodododa]

Jesus, how can anyone return a serve like that?

[Siphodias92]

The court is HORRIBLE !

[freerunningkid555]

@Siphodias92 The court is horrible? Just because it has different colors doesn't make it horrible. It's made by deco turf. The same surface as the US Open for many years. And to be honest, I think the colors are kinda cool.

[XxTSUNAMISNIPERxX]

@freerunningkid555 it makes it way too confusing i played on it before and i may make it neat for the spectators but its annoying for the players

[armaniac661]

@Siphodias92 it's designed to be like that, although you're right, it's stupid

[stevenfromstol]

it is Pete Sampras. You can see it how he drops the slice return and plays his backhand.

I know it because i admired him and watched every tournament.

[ulikefishsticks]

this is University of Irvine California, or not

[PatagoniaPedro]

The names are correct.

Very original use of colours! :) Eyes and reflexes must be very sharp in this game.

[rolexsuisse]

Also Federer always wears just one sweatband

[athlitikanea7]

you are an idiot

[naikahnomtom]

dam this camera angel makes roddicks serve looks faster

[AllGenreMusic]

They say that on the regular TV angle that they use to show tennis, everything looks like 20-30 MPH slower.

[Lonehawk2k4]

thats proably tru cuz i got a friend who watched roddick live and said the samething cuz he didnt even see the ball go pass the net cord and he was rite there

[Barcelona32634]

nice

[raikahoken]

wth kind of court is this???

[xman4un]

indoor hard-tru...rubberized

[conziborg]

wat are the WTT rules? what was the score

[kadunta12]

la cancha pa rara

[CaptDREN]

Pistol Pete is the Best there is The Best there ever was

[hbabe15]

awwesome its different colors

[hbabe15]

pete sampras is pretty good but so is federer

[lfcmm100]

that is truly a remarkable analysis of their relationship. In depth and knowledgable, how did you conclude this? (hbabe15)

[rockerduff1231]

hahaha perfect response 5 golden stars for you lucky charm

[made0806]

.seriously..that court gives me headaches....I can't say the idea's not original (though quite weird), but it's a good thing they don't start to put these in atp tournaments...lol

[AutOtaku]

lol those court colors make me look twice at the court than the player

[Fraud39]

ok honestly what's with that court?

[paulogomescoelho]

Game...Sampras! :)

[mongole12]

uglyyyy court !

[tommyenglish1]

where can i get more of this match from?

[FordoGordo69]

That is A-ROD you can tell by his serve

[a22s7]

can anybody name the four surfaces seen here

reply if you can

[battenej08]

Its just the colors and design of the court you idiot

[a22s7]

grow up you are 23

sorry im not a tennis nerd like you

[leengsta94]

dude ur a retard-_-

thats world team tennis

and why u call someone a

tennis nerd -_- at least

he noes more tennis than you

and bet u ur juss a no life

sitting in ur computer all

day playing games

[a22s7]

i dont give a fuck what you say

i guess all the tennis nerds in here stick together

knowing alot about tennis isnt really anything to be proud of

dont reply to this you losers have wasted enough of my time

[DylanMakesNoise]

you should all grow the fuck up and stop arguing on youtube.

it tends to waste comment space and is considered spam to the video host.

so learn to think before you TYPE.

[vanastensucks]

carpet, hard court, grass, clay

[a22s7]

which one is carpet?

[TibxB0i]

theres no clay, its all one hard court omg

[a22s7]

you guys seem a little slow

do you know what a joke is?

[Hexelsfayt]

bullshit that was a joke -.- if you've acted stupid just admit it and move on. punkass

[a22s7]

25 year nerd is it

i wonder who is more mature?

it was a joke i know it was if you dont think so o well

[evil221884]

TIGER WOODS IS KING

[liam123abc123]

wtf y u say dat on a tennis vid

golf = boring

[toughroots]

faKE

[xxxaabbccxxx]

What RODDICK cant even beat SAMPRAS now!?

[Mooerin13]

LMAO!! more capitals NOW?? i love how i JUST commented on ANOTHER video where you USED ramdom capitals in the SENTENCE!

[plleth]

No crap Roddick cant beat Sampras he is one the best that ever played the game he beat Federer a few months ago also.

[motoboyyy]

q rara cancha jajaja

[iwanabana]

i like this court lol

[fauslyfox110]

lmao great idea lol

[htssnr1]

It would be cool if the red was clay, the blue hardcourt and the green grass! =D

[allstatebass]

that court would confuse me...lol

[reefric]

I was thinking the exact same thing..

[KayumiNanahara043]

Same here! o_O;;

[jasonism123]

Pete Sampras is the Michael Jordan of tennis.. a

legend!

[badger668]

what was the result of this?

[AkiKimura99]

fuck you prick go home

[SalzerX]

what the fuck was that then.. a court name was all he needed and u insult people for no reason

[catalinasteenbakkers]

what kinda court is that?

[howardoh]

Pete is (and always will be) one of the all time greats. More aggressiveness for Andy is right but I don't know about Andy coming to net more. His net coverage is even worse than his groundstrokes I think. He needs to get back to serving huge all the time, right in the corners- no more averaging 120-something mph, and he has to take a real crack at the forehand and go for winners- he can't do long rallies with the best guys or he'll die a slow but inevitable death.

[contactafc10]

@howardoh you are absolutely right. we´re un 2011 now, and roddick is fading away with silly groundstrokes and slices in the middle of the court. He´s big serve + ferociuos forehand should have been his style of game during his career, nothing else...not trying to improve his backhand, losing weight, coming to net and all those tryings of his bad coaches.

[OMFGnazi]

weird court

[quiet1234]

World team tennis, its to make it more interesting.

I think if roddick had stuck with gilbert as his coach when he was coming to net more and being more aggressive, he definatley woulda been tougher to beat, but when he stays back u jst gotta get his serve back in the court and then u can take control, thats why he lost this match pretty easily

[stell29]

No matter how old Pete is, he can still dismantle Roddick's lame one-dimensional game

[reefric]

you can´t blame andy for not having that smooth ability,only federer can match that..

[GeneralKenobiSIYE]

SAMPRAS RULES!!

[marokokisetter]

more!!!

[cxyian]

anymore?????!!!

[CandyHam]

hell yes, sampras could destroy Roddick anytime.

[AllGenreMusic]

I laughed at this statement because of how funny it is.

Did you know Roddick has a 2-1 winning record over Pete Sampras on the ATP? No this isn't counting some exhibitions or any of that, they were 3 actual ATP matches. Roddick defeated Sampras @ Miami 2001 in straight sets and he defeated Sampras on clay @ Houston in straight sets. L-O-L

[TWKang]

Well Sampras was way out of his prime back then, although I don't think CandyHam is giving Roddick enough credit either.

[AllGenreMusic]

Sampras may have been out of his physical prime years, but mentally and tactically he was still as good very solid enough to win a Slam... Honestly I think it is a fair trade off when looking at older players compared to young players entering the circuit when neither of them are in their prime. The older players have experience and usually a good mental game while the young players possess a youthful physical game, which is why you see older players defeat young players many times.

[TWKang]

I think tennis is undoubtedly a young person's sport. As you get older your footspeed gets slower and it becomes more difficult to recover in-between matches. Having more experience when you're older is helpful but this is mitigated significantly by coaching.

The vast majority of slams have been won by players under 30, and a significant majority of those have been won by players under 25.

[TWKang]

Also what I forgot to say was that the physical decline that comes with age often forces you to change the way that you would ideally like to play. Both Sampras and Agassi changed their style of play as they got older (S&Ver and grinder respectively). Even if you are 'wiser' your body just won't allow you to utilise your experience to the full.

[reefric]

but it also depend´s on how much you have worked on your fitness throught your career and how you manage your playing schedule as well, in order to avoid injuries and physical burnout..that´s why federer is still going strong, he takes good care of himself in that sense.

[chidikaagu]

sampras is awesome

[darkazzazinator]

i was there i got some videos of it but sound quality sucks

[alessandrokaka1]

upload it darkazzazinator....who cares what the audio sounds like!

[lusheza]

yeah, just 22 seconds, wat is that?

[DerDuke]

C'mon, there's gotta be more from this match!