2011 Wimbledon Federer Vs. Sampras 10-Year Anniversary

Tom Rinaldi looks back on the 2001 meeting between Roger Federer and Pete Sampras in the Wimbledon Round of 16 (ESPN)

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• Roger
• Federer
• Peter
• Sampras
• 2001
• Wimbledon

[slatz20]

FEDERER STILL WILL BE TOP TEN WITH 40 YEARS....

[ARZ1987]

Federer=Sampras 2.0

[FFCFulham94]

rog had no style back then haha

[timafi]

@ARZ1987 unlike Sampras Federer plays well on ALL surfaces and unlike Sampras Federer has made ALL 4 slam finals 3x

[looneYeah]

@23NaLi it does not. but he had so much influence in making me love that sport in general that, out of symbolism, i actually consider grieving him by not watching tennis anymore for a while when he leaves, lol.

[TheDobardecko]

Hmmmm,in 90's tennis surfaces didn't change a lot. Federer started with a fast grasscourts and if it stayed like that,he wold dominate on grass totaly. But he adopted very well on this slowing down of grass and hardcourts. Supouse that happened in 90's, I'm not sure if Sampras would have that kind of success. Then,that would aloud players like Agassi or Chang to have even more success than they had. That's why Nadal,Djoko and others are so god. Fed just has more variabillity then Sampras.

[VengeanceAfter]

@oplilium Before he exited his prime. It's not that roddick is bad, it's just that federer is the best

[oplilium]

@VengeanceAfter Roddick is more like Sampras 0.1

[VengeanceAfter]

@ARZ1987 I think roddick was supposed to be Sampras 2.0 but Roddick can't serve and volley :P

[ABLHstudios]

Federer will always be my favourite player, and an inspiration to all those lucky enough to watch him play.

[23NaLi]

@looneYeah doesn't that mean you're not a fan of tennis, just federer?

[Bindimbu]

zomg! 1:50, when Sampras bow, Federer did it too!! So humble~~