Tennis Rafter vs Sampras 1998 set 5

tennis highlights(made by me)
1998 US open
set 5 highlights
Pete Sampras(1) vs. Patrick Rafter(3)
Alot of short 1-2 kinda points, naturally because both of them use the serve and volley style of play.
Rafter would go on to the win this US open by beating Mark Philippoussis in the Finals

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[Oanatinus]

I MISS RAFTER!!! :(

[4pendragon]

Rafter's "push-push" style rules !!! Beautiful tennis, very good lookin' man, friendly mate and true gentleman - thank You, Pat !

[Truthasvictim]

Cool guy Pat seems to be and what a fantastic athlete too. Compare to nowadays, they were both such amazing volleyers and have they ever slowed the courts down. No wonder few dare come to the net now and it also explains why, when they do get there, so may of them can't put away even the most basic of volleys or overheads.

[Corbon440]

Last great serve and volley players.

[cammpinno]

@LizBen77 who gives a flyin fuck about what u prefer

[roumbezo]

Rafter is the reason i started to love tennis...

[splendid1000]

It's not the players fault, but In my own opinion, the best tennis players are able to win on all 4 surface speeds : Very Fast ( Wimbledon ), Medium Fast ( US Open ), Medium ( Australian Open) , Slow ( French Open ). Those categories simply don't exist anymore and the competition is one-dimensional now ... baseline orgy.

[splendid1000]

Unfortunately, in today's tennis era, because of the surface modifications, it's not possible to see the best tennis out there. By slowing down the surfaces at Wimbledon and US Open, the two fastest surfaces, they have basically eliminated serve & volley from the circuit and cut the competition in half.

[splendid1000]

@MaratSafinVideos

Actually its all that INCLUDING more aggressive play. He said himself that he's playing more confident, consistent AND aggressive in a many interviews LoL. I can see it when he plays, simple as that. He's not my favorite player either ... I have always liked him and he has ALWAYS been a more aggressive player than Nadal though, even when he wasn't No. 1. Once again my comment was mainly to show that while Nadal was No. 1 in the world I still didnt prefer his defensive style.

[MaratSafinVideos]

@splendid1000 Djokovic has been winning matches this year mainly on the consistency of his groundstrokes and level of defence, not on his attacking ability. He attacks against Nadal far, far more than against any other opponent. He's a nightmare match-up over Nadal. You're saying that now because Djokovic is winning more. Anyway, you've made yourself very clear. Bye.

[splendid1000]

@splendid1000

And i'm not saying Rafter was over-emotional or too dramatic, he was actually pretty well mannered on the court. Like I said before, my comment was really just to make a point about quality tennis over drama and was aimed at those criticising Sampras and not so much an attack on Rafter. I actually loved watching Rafter play as well. Sampras, Agassi and Rafter were my favorite players at the time, along with a few others.

[splendid1000]

I only threw the stats comment out there to show that I personally prefer quality tennis over drama. I dont really care if a player yells and screams and throws his racket around, that means nothing to me. Anybody dedicated enough to train and play a sport as hard as Sampras did, or any player on the tour really, is full of emotion and passion for the sport, otherwise they wouldn't be where they are. Some just don't have to put on a dramatic play to show it. They use a tennis racket instead.