Sampras vs. Federer

Sampras vs. Federer at MSG was a nice treat in the middle of a bad basketball season. I watched that over the Nets/Rockets & Knicks/Mavs games. It was good to see Pete Sampras in action again and he was actually in great shape. His serve was still there and he's still very accurate. He just couldn't run around like he used to. It was no surprise that Federer won (3-6, 7-6, 6-7) but very much a surprise that the match was so close. It went to 3 sets with 2 tiebreaks. Sampras was able to keep up by gambling a lot. He played the net a lot, knowing he wouldn't be able to recover and get back in time. Most of those gambles paid off. What a great show by both champs!