Sampras Courier French Open 1996

How in the hell did he come back in that case is amazing! Missed a slam dunk, lost badly the second set..against Courier on clay..that was amazing!!

Oh, jesus, can you guys just leave it be? Everywhere I go to watch highlights, you guys have to bring up the discussion of Federer VS Sampras, aint u even tired?
For christ sake, theres no way to know who is the greatest of all time, everything just changed so much from court speed to the ball.
Can u just come here to discuss more about the past tennis and enjoy matches played by past greats? Just grow up and stop being such a blind fanboy/fangirl.

OK I take it back about Fed having an easy life. I forgot about Peter Carter. But Pete still had a better serve when he was at his peak, though his backhand was always his achilles' heel. Pete was also very prone to injuries, which was also an achilles' heel. Fed didn't really get injured much, except for that bout with mono a while back.

Pete had the far better serve - probably the best of all time - not the hardest,but the best. However, Roger's serve is still dominant, and he's better off the ground than Pete - and he's a much better all-court player. I'm a huge fan of both, but the edge definitely goes to Roger. The problem with Roger is that he makes it look easy - but he had his own problems with emotion control when he was younger - once he got his outbursts under control - he became a force on the court.

I still think sampras was the better player compared to fed. pete had to contend with a dying coach and other emotional crises, and really could serve out of trouble at will. fed basically has a very smooth life, with not too many problems in life.

You are totally wrong, man. Fed's coach Peter Carter, from Australia, the man who trained him from 2000-2002 i think, died in a car accident late in 2002. Fed was very connected with Carter and his family, so he hasn't had a very smooth life, has he? Besides, what the heck do you mean by "other emotional crises"??? It's totally irrelevant to a player's quality. None of them had smooth lives early on in their careers.

sorry bud-you're in denial. Fed is the far superior player which Sampras (to his credit) has publicly acknowledged

sure....dying coach..is that even an excuse??...fed plays without any coach...how is that??...fed is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than sampras anyday....i was a fan of sampras and a great fan of fed....both a fact is a fact..!

true, but fed in his prime playing during the sampras era would've meant much less wimbledons for sampras..

tnx tws u understood what i meant, i have nothing against federer, however i just hate it when some ppl just make claims out of their ass that federer wud own and easily defeat past great players such as laver, sampras, courier, borg etc, when the speed of courts , playing styles, equipment, competition and so many other factors were different between their eras