Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The Famous Rivalry

For years now, the tennis world has seen many great rivalries and one among the top most rated was between the two countrymen-Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi...the rivalry that dominated the tennis arenas for nearly a decade in the 1990's...the rivalry often brought out the best game from both the players'.The 1990 US Open was their first meeting in a Grand Slam final which Sampras won convincingly...This famous rivalry reached its peak in 1995. The two players shared the ATP Tour number one ranking several times in that calender year and were willing to participate in the Davis Cup only if the other played. This is to avoid any sort of advantage as one played while the other rested,then the other would have a competitive advantage over in the weeks leading to the year's Second Grand Slam event the French Open. It was the US Open final in 1995 between them, a defeat that Agassi and forced him to change his serve. This pair of American greats produced some of the most incredible matches.The highest-rated match of their rivalry was the final of the 1999 Wimbledon.The 2002 US Open final between the two is 2 highest rated match.This is tennis at its best ever...a rivalry that goes back in the history as the best ever...

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