Marat Safin vs Pete Sampras US Open 2000

Safin's problem was always consistency. He could play great and he could play appallingly. I always remember the matches against Federer where Federer's greater accuracy always took MS apart.

SAFIN : the best there is , the best there was and the best there ever will be . we will miss you.

Just back after watching Safin play his last competitive match against Del Potro in Paris.Great atmosphere.A loss to tennis no doubt.

Pete Sampras, always knew how to be gracious in defeat

except when losing to rafter

Crystalamp... I don't think I've ever heard Pete Sampras' game described as "one dimensional" =) I think that's insane...

Not so crazy if you realize he is really a serve and volleyer with a super human serve. Never really have the ability to break serve consistently, when he was a step slower, he was a sitting duck everybody who can get the serve back. The same dramatic declined marked Rafter's career as well.

I'm going to see him play a match with Todd Martin this weekend...

They used that cliche when Nadal beat Federer at Wimbledon a year ago. He came back from illness, won a few Grand Slams and became No.1 again. Means nothing. A loss is a loss.

It's a shame he lost the peak of his career to injury.