Roger Federer - Dethroning Sampras

Federer's first big claim to fame came in 2001 as a 19 year old at Wimbledon. He played one of the best matches of what would prove to be an illustrious career to dethrone 7-time Wimbledon Champion Pete Sampras in the Round Of 16.

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[khale4nia]

Don't know about "outsmart" and "outgunned" ....it was 5 really close sets. Great match between a 19 year old and 29 year old. Kind of like how Pete Sampras took out Mats Wilander, Ivan Lendl, and John McEnroe when he was 18-19 at the US Open

[jmk8646]

@khale4nia Yeah i have the match on tape and its a great match. Roger did play the big points better than Pete did and came up big when it mattered. Let's also not forget how in 1990, Lendl's US Open streak was ended by a 19 year old...Pete Sampras. lol.

[keili1212]

@Globox822 federer wasn't in his prime that time. too

[khemistryy]

@andunusblick Currently by the record books Federer>Sampras

[hurlerbrian97]

demba ba is the best



[freedomrace1]

its a really good thing Fed cut that hair, he looked like a chick putting it behind his ears. doesn't really matter though,if I was the greatest tennis player of all time I'd look like whatever the hell I wanted to and wouldn't give a shit

[94aman94]

wtf is up with federers hair xD

[serena3458]

@gornhorror unless he played with agassi

[Globox822]

@LFiers Here we go again. I have to reply to another uninformed bigot.Sampras won Wimb. 2000 and didn't win the next title in two years! in 2002 he suffered early exit at Wimbledon. 2001 was in between (in case you didn't figure it out). Sampras was done, and past his prime.

[LFiers]

@Globox822 Sampras was on a streak at this time consecutively winning Wimbeldons and from what I remember he was number 1 in the world is mostly still dominating during this time. Also, Federer was no where near as good he became in the years after. In any case this was an incredible feat that many have tried but were unable to, but Federer came up with the goods. It was an great match.

[ulizinho]

@gornhorror

check the stats of this match! Pete had a very good first serve percentage against Roger. I think he had a higher one then ROger and hit one more ace.

The young Roger simply had super reflexes and returns. In the year of his first wimby, he had more aces then Philipoussis who had outaced Agassi before. So, here Pete was not a weak server, just a bit worse on big points then Roger.

Now Rogers often sucks at big points.

[martinr345345]

the best ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ thanks roger ¡

[gornhorror]

When Pete Sampras's serve was on, and when he was at his best, he was the best ever. It's just my opinion, but I've played a lot of tennis and have watched even more. Sampras's serve was just demoralizing to the opponent when he was on.