Pete Sampras Retirement Ceremony at US Open

[TheMiquirray]

uno de los grandes

[YazanAtoum]

Comparing Federer And Sampras, has been always the main gossip between tennis lovers, for me there is no doubt that Roger Federer broke the most tennis records and the most important one of 16 grandslam,on the other hand sampras played in a stronger era, and was competing with many top players while federer's main rivalry is Nadal and later djokovic. Federer is technicaly better than sampras and his forhand is unique.Sampras is a better server with "in my opinion" a more efficient backhand.

[peRFection23100]

stop at 0:48 :! i know that stadium, but its always amazing to see it !!

[TKTiggz]

He retired cos he knew fed would easily smash him afterwards

[ArjunJethwa]

What year was this?

[flyguga]

I think it was one year after he won his last slam. So about 2003.

[TRUEMAN8919]

Great..Great..Great player long live Pete!!

[henry51563]

federer is better because ha has more slams...

[oplilium]

@henry51563 Just because Federer has more slams doesn't mean he's better than Pete...

[TheMrEisenfaust]

@oplilium bjorn borg is the best player off all times. 11 GS and finished carrer with only 25

[theatlantean3]

@TheMrEisenfaust Borg was my favorite growing up. He was just going into retirement when I was starting to play, so he was a total legend to me. I always talk to my students about who THE GREATEST is, and it's a tough one. I played through the 80's era, 90's era, and then into the early 2000's. I've been fortunate enough to be on the court with many of the "great's". I always make the argument that if Borg played a few more years, & made the trip to Australia, he may have around 20 slams?

[ox092]

@henry51563 slams aren't everything. Pete has more number of years as No.1 than Federer.

[MiniDude82]

Johnny Mac is so darn funy! hahah I will cry when they do this for Federer

[MetalMania06]

@MiniDude82 I'll cry when they do this to rafa in two years or so

[Mralexiasi]

sampras and federer are on the same level of class!i don t know who of them is the best tennis player all the time....

[elbones1982]

Aww... when legends cry..

[samer737]

did he retire right after his 14th title?

[SerUresto]

@samer737 Not officially, but functionally yes. He never played another pro match on the tour, he dropped out of several tournaments before making it official.

[kyzersoze74]

wonder if the plaque has been changed since FedExpress broke all the known records :P

[reviseyourdemise]

@kyzersoze74 i think fed would win all his slam if the courts were still face-paced and i wonder if he's jealous of it haha

[JamieOwen05]

i know it sounds pansy but i was so sad that day. my first idol.

[claus1225]

The best serve ever. Even prettier than Federer's.

[cortadew]

@claus1225 that's not true

[thunderball1003]

miss you pete!

[aca8638]

why Sampras retired so early?

[cain2335]

@aca8638 he didn't have the drive to win titles anymore. he was content with winning one more open in 02', calling it a career, and having a family

[thunderball1003]

miss you pete

[4165mc]

pete sampras -a lovely guy - humble and sweet and played some of the best tennis I have ever had the pleasure of watching; Wimbledon 99 to name but one which has to rate as the most perfect tennis ever played by anyone.

[aamersyed123]

Does anyone have the whole video including sampras speech.. Please Post.

[extradutyfelt1]

very cool! true champion..

[Yepprd]

BORIS BECKER..when's the movie coming out..I hope it's a big budget about his life!

[gornhorror]

I'm sorry..but I still think that Pete was the best ever. His competition was stiffer, his serve was better, and his attitude was superior. At his best, when his serve was good(which was most of the time)...all he had to do to win the match was break you once per set.....match over. Best of all time. Sorry Federer.

[FederersL1ama]

@gornhorror Yeah, no.

[TheSlyfucker]

@gornhorror sitffer competition or was federer just far above their level, impossible to judge in my opinion

[SoooBlue]

@TheSlyfucker It's not just competition, it's homogenization of court surfaces. Sampras played when grass was fast and clay was snail slow and when there were surface specialists. Those days are long gone.

[JdogUltimatum]

@gornhorror he retired before his time

[tinapbutler]

I luved Pete the first time I saw him serve!! He had something special!! I watched him play at the very start of his pro career and I followed him 2 this very moment!! Pete was and is the greatest tennis player ever!!! I will always luv u Pete!!!

[borninhk80s]

So touching moment! we love u Pete

[borninhk80s]

So touching moment!

[kyzersoze74]

wonder what the Tennis world will do when the FedExpress retires...

[TomTrix99]

@kyzersoze74 I will probably stop watching tennis, but he clearly has a lot of tennis in him yet. And hopefully more slams. Hope he wont retire for a long time.

[kyzersoze74]

@TomTrix99 funny thing about Sampras' ceremony was what the plaque read...something like "for records that will never be broken" :P

[TomTrix99]

@kyzersoze74 Im sure that if they had seen Fed´s playing only a year later, they would have reconsidered

that statement. Ironically I am not sure if Federer would have won as many slams as he has, without the influence of Sampras. I mean in Fed´s early career he could brilliantly serve & volley in the style of Sampras. And he took that experience with him into a new era, playing a new generation of players who didnt have those skills. And I think it means a lot to Fed to be considered the GOAT