Sampras vs Agassi one of the best duels and rivalries in history. They played so many great matches against each other. This final is definitely one of them.

@Lauren-vd4qe

5 ай бұрын

sampras dominated

@poisenopinionator

5 ай бұрын

meh. he has the definete edge over Andre, but I think their h2h is 20-14. Sampras def also had the mental edge when you take into account GS H2h. But wouldn't say dominated. @@Lauren-vd4qe

@poisenopinionator

5 ай бұрын

Pete also said Andre was the hardest person he ever played against - so hardly the kind of domination you speak of. Miss seeing these two guys playing though! @@Lauren-vd4qe

@Lauren-vd4qe

5 ай бұрын

they met 34 times; pete won 20, andre 14, thats kinda dominating in my mind. @@poisenopinionator

@Lauren-vd4qe

5 ай бұрын

alcaraz has a lot of expertise/athletics; hope the medispear doesnt dmg him like it did ndl. @@poisenopinionator

agassi had one of the best backhands ever

@OldSkoolLegend

5 ай бұрын

best double hander EVER if you ask me. No one else to this day hits it the way he does. The technique is very different from "the ATP backhand". If you look at frozen snapshots of his backhand and compare it to any other player..... you'll see.

@TheseHoesAreLoyal

5 ай бұрын

@@OldSkoolLegend It's definitely one of the greatest two handed backhands of all time. Arguably the greatest. I personally think Nalbandian's or Djokovic's is the greatest double-hander of all time. Nalbandian's effortless ballstriking is his unique talent. The angle, depth (at the opponent's feet or deep in the baseline) and the spin he creates so easily are just ridiculous. While Nalbandian's backhand may not have so much power or pace, he can seriously toy with his opponents by using that shot. As for Djokovic's backhand, we all know that it's definitely the most error-free shot in tennis. And I think Djokovic's backhand is the best down-the-line backhand ever, at least with the double-handers. The greatest strength with Djokovic's backhand is that no one can break it down, which is ridiculous because players often target their opponents' backhands for short balls or point construction. The sliding backhand he hits is a perfect example. Agassi's backhand is perhaps the second best double-hander of all time in my opinion. He can hit it earlier than anyone else, forehand or backhand, and the cross-court flat shot he hits is probably the best in the business, either for a winner or for a short ball. Plus he's one of the most gifted ballstrikers in tennis history. I think that Djokovic is the better returner than Agassi on the backhand side overall (and perhaps forehand also), but Agassi's backhand returns were flatter and took his serving opponents by surprise.

@lucaantonelli1511

5 ай бұрын

One of the best everything ever

@TheseHoesAreLoyal

5 ай бұрын

@@lucaantonelli1511 I'd take Agassi's backhand over Djokovic's although Djokovic's backhand is better overall in tennis history.

@dickn.ormous1064

4 ай бұрын

Jimmy Connors' was better.Remember the guy was left handed.

The more Agassi Vs. Sampras, the better! Also, their 1995 final had some amazing points! Finally, it’d be great to see a few points from the matches played up to the final.

For alcaraz, shelton, rune.... fans Look at this and try to figure how this generation of tennis make me crying No talk to crowd, respect, no celebrating after every point, class and true professionals tennis players.

@synceruscaffercaffer5618

5 ай бұрын

And no annoying grunts.

@KingCast65

3 ай бұрын

@@synceruscaffercaffer5618 Connors didn't grunt? Please. And Andre grunts a bit here too. Your point is taken however, yes.

@KingCast65

3 ай бұрын

There's a bit of a difference here, Rune has been kind of a prick at times. Shelton only during the Novak match. Alcaraz never a prick. But your point is taken.

This is the true spirit of Tennis, no exaggerated signs of motivation, closed point or shouting at every point won. Look the great respect shown by these 2 players, just classy, I love it !

Incredible sportsmen. Sooo bloody good. Total admiration to both these Tennis Giants.❤

Two Legends of Tennis in 1990s - 2000s

One of the best classic matches ever at Indian Wells

Weird--I don't understand how either of them could play so effectively without looking to their team after every point, or waving their hands in the air for applause when they did something halfway decent, or flopping to the ground and crying upon winning in the second round of a 250 tournament...

@notsohandytim5090

5 ай бұрын

Barnstable: 😅

@kylegary6311

4 ай бұрын

Hilarious! But so true. 😅

@sohailhines

Ай бұрын

Coaching during the match wan't allowed back then and players (like Becker) sometimes got in trouble for looking too much at their team for suspicion of getting coaching tips/signals.

@Barnstable11

Ай бұрын

@@sohailhines I remember that. Graf's dad got thrown out of a stadium for doing hand signals to Steffi during one match. They should go back to that: no team members at courtside, let them watch in the locker room. The tennis player should stand on their own.

Agassi hit SO MANY jaw dropping winners during this match. Incredible level of tennis. And always nice to see matches where he took Pete.

Thank you @TennisTV for posting this but please, can you make longer highlights for these great old matches ? Not 8/9 minutes but more like 15/20 extended highlights.

@chuckersthenut2097

5 ай бұрын

why dont you make them

@flaviencrozier

5 ай бұрын

@@chuckersthenut2097 I didn't criticise them, I've just said that these highlights or too shorts for me. It's a shame because Tennis TV are the only ones on Earth who have the rights to share these matches and the only ones who can find these matches on high quality and they didn't share with their community more than 9 minutes on many former matches highlights. It's a miracle when highlights or extended highlights last more than 15 minutes. As a tennis fan I'm just frustrated.

@ic5761

3 ай бұрын

Hmm. Then next person wants 20/30, next 30/40.

@flaviencrozier

3 ай бұрын

@@ic5761 I personally would have prefered 20-30 minutes yes. So many talented people make "extended highlights" of this length on KZread, these are the best ones !

Love the "I just hit a return winner so I immediately walk to next side like a GTA npc"

@pietrpiepir6444

2 ай бұрын

Pete was thug life for sure. Had some of those vibes at the 2019 Indian Wells doubles points he played with Nole when he had the cap on.

@mw7492

Ай бұрын

That was my favorite part of watching Agassi, his brisk pigeon-toed walk to the other side after smacking a return winner down the line.

Sampras in his prime was almost unbeatable on hardcourts and grass. He was not in his prime here but still gave Andre a really good match.

A truly great rivalry with a lot of respect shown between the two players. Sampras dominated the first part of the rivalry and by this point, Agassi was dominating. Agassi was at his peak while Sampras was slowly declining. Agassi would be the last American to win at Indian Wells until Taylor Fritz in 2022.

The most entertaining rivalry in men's pro tennis history in my opinion.

@therealwelfin

5 ай бұрын

Surely djokovic vs nadal has it beat

@lucaspeddie3114

5 ай бұрын

@@therealwelfin nah different generation. Too fast of play. No finesse or traditional playing style like tennis used to be. No chip and charge either from the newer players. Federer and Nadal were fun to watch though i guess.

@DanielBoonelight

5 ай бұрын

@@therealwelfin ffs each one takes a lifetime to serve. add to that the verging-on-pusher way that novak treated a lot of those matches and just nah. the OP said "most entertaining." djokodal isn't even close. fedal is waay closer to that mark.

@notsohandytim5090

5 ай бұрын

lucaspeddie: For me its Sampras/Becker.

@lucaspeddie3114

5 ай бұрын

@@notsohandytim5090 Yeah another good rivalry.

while Sampras dominated during his era, Agassi's game was more suited for modern tennis who knows what Agassi could have done with modern racquets and strings on modern tennis courts

@masters.1000

5 ай бұрын

Agassi is the only one to win in Wimbledon from the baseline, when it was fast. He would have killed it in the modern slower courts.

@giannilarouone4702

5 ай бұрын

Who knows Pete with new racket if he his serve all the time 1 and 2 was 15 20 mph and his placement all the time who could return...all his ground stroke my friend aggasi use new big head 100 racket and strings ,Pete played with 85 and bdm strings ....think it please 😅

@ER1CwC

5 ай бұрын

I think the issue for Agassi was more mental. It took him a long time to figure himself out.

@user-oj7co5wm8g

5 ай бұрын

Agassi had a modern racquet and strings. It was Pete who had the older tech and didn’t adopt the newer options until it was more or less too late. And modern courts being a bit slower may have helped Andre but it would have also helped his competitors. You would have seen former clay court specialist lasting far longer in hard court tournaments.

@ER1CwC

5 ай бұрын

@@user-oj7co5wm8g If I recall correctly, Agassi only switched to modern strings after Cahill started coaching him, and it took them a while to get the exact mix right. Agassi wrote about how the modern strings made his balls sit up and caused him to lose to Srichaphan early at Wimbledon.

Amazing archives ! Can you upload some Indian Wells 2006 ? It's a shame that Fed's prime has to be watched in 240p !

Brad Gilbert was probably the best thing that ever happened to Andre's career.

@sliceserve234

Ай бұрын

Gilbert was a capable and crafty coach who helped Andre a lot, but I think fans underestimate how much fitness plays a role, and Andre's fitness coach was more likely the best thing that ever happened to Andre's career.

@sohailhines

Ай бұрын

@@sliceserve234 maybe so but I do recall during that time in tennis as we were going through it, Agassi's results improving quickly with Gilbert. He had good results with Nick Bollettieri too but wasn't disciplined ultimately so maybe Gilbert helped him focus on fitness and be more disciplined in general.

My favourite player before ❤

It's funny how Andre desperately tries to avoid that killer forehand. Not just here but in their every matches. Pete was something else when he was in the zone.

@sliceserve234

Ай бұрын

Pete lost this match, go simp for him somewhere else man.

My favourite matches are the ones that Agassi won!

I Miss this Times when Tournaments Like this was Played best of 5 . I Wish all Masters Tournaments and the ATP Masters would be Played best of 5 Sets

@lotus630

5 ай бұрын

too harsh on the tennis players' bodies

@TimelyAdventure

5 ай бұрын

For me at least just the finals, interesting if it's quarterfinals on

@DanielBoonelight

5 ай бұрын

modern tennis has longer points, slowed down courts... 5 set masters really wouldn't be fair to the players in terms of bodies.

@alexcooper3007

5 ай бұрын

вряд ли...они подумывают вообще на шлемах сделать до трёх как у женщин...не дай Бог конечно!))

@ryankiel4895

9 күн бұрын

I was surprised to see that since this was not a grand slam, it was the first one to three sets. When was that changed to the first one to two sets?

Sampras strokes 😮😮

Even though Agassi was a better player in 2001-02, Sampras always got the better of him at the US Open.

@redd605

5 ай бұрын

Surprised Pete never one the french, had one of the best servers, had excellent ground shots. But back then had more players who could out last or hit 20-30 point rallies and better players

@ZAY109

5 ай бұрын

@@redd605 His backhand was a liability on slow high bouncing courts. Had he used a larger racquet, he could have done better at the French Open.

@quentinhirschfeld9382

5 ай бұрын

@@redd605 His backhand was disastrous on clay, a french player named Julien Varlet (who never reached the TOP 100) beat him 6-2 6-2 6-3 during a practice match at Roland Garros in the late 90s, the latter declared that it was incredibly easy to put him on the back foot.

@hassehougaard5120

5 ай бұрын

​@@redd605 And they played with heavier balls .......a pretty big factor !

@redd605

5 ай бұрын

@@hassehougaard5120 and the different makes ,I thought they played with the same make , do you have info about this and current situation

Looks like an Agassi fan put this reel together 😄.

@danherrick5785

Ай бұрын

If a Sampras fan made it, it would still end up a loss...

The shoes … please bring back those (both) pair of shoes 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍…. Best tennis rivals 😎 🎾

Actually agassi's game is more suitable to beat Sampras..but andre's roller coaster career make him left behind

I’m baffled by anyone thinking today’s modern tennis, with the endless baseline slugfests, is more entertaining or athletically difficult than the tennis in this video.

@user-kx2yo7ve9w

5 ай бұрын

Today tennis is bulshit !

@jasonnolasco2826

2 ай бұрын

I cant say its more entertaining but modern tennis is clearly more athletically demanding.

@sohailhines

Ай бұрын

One other modern element that I've noticed among top players is that they all slide on hard courts when pushed to the edges of the court. I think Djokovic was one of the first to start this but just about everyone does it now. The shoe technology may not have been available to even make that possible in the Agassi Sampras era. Either way, I think that's one of the factors in the longer rallies today because it allows for more defensive and offensive plays against shots that would have otherwise been winners.

Tha was the real tennis..miss Sampras the best style of all times pity he didn't switch his racket and his string ...imagine his serve..arrogant Kyrgios could never return...

@markuse3472

5 ай бұрын

Well, he had one of the best SERVES of all times, his style was boring, arrogant and snobby

Sampras looking like a proper 30yo by then. People who started to watch tennis recently should pay attention to how things worked back then. It shouldn't be normal at all that someone wins more slams at 30+ than at his prime.

@TimelyAdventure

5 ай бұрын

Sports science has progressed and bodies have evolved, there are even magic potions some say

@masters.1000

5 ай бұрын

@@TimelyAdventure Even so, the youngsters still are faster and stronger, and should have retired them ages ago.

@AS-js7kb

5 ай бұрын

PEDs have really progressed.

@quentinhirschfeld9382

5 ай бұрын

@@masters.1000 The mentality has evolved, you see plenty of players reaching their prime past 30, even lesser players, Mannarino, Anderson, Isner,...

@shandalarshandaroufl7768

5 ай бұрын

​@@quentinhirschfeld9382 agassi even. They manage their carrier smartly, and aren't burnt at 30.

Give me Sampras' serve, and Agassi's groundstrokes, and that chimera is winning 30 grand slams easy.

@TimelyAdventure

5 ай бұрын

Let's add in Nole's return, Nadal's topspin, Federer's touch to get to 60

wow Indian Wells used to have first to three sets?

@markuse3472

5 ай бұрын

Or three out of five, yes.

Sampras hit the ball so hard that I think people forgot how he got his name. Pistol Pete!!! He hit the ball harder then Federer and Novak. Also his forehand was no joke he could hit rockets off that side and his backhand was a wall. His serve probably the best in the whole game and his volleyer made him a wall at the net.

@mikemoggerson6651

2 ай бұрын

He did not hit harder than Federer or Djokovic, at least from ground strokes. Sampras would be eaten alive from the ground by any modern baseline player. He has inefficient technique and not nearly enough top spin. You genuinely sound like a guy who has never even picked up a tennis racquet… By your argument anyways, Kyrgios and Gael Monfils are the GOATS because they recorded the hardest hit forehands of all time 😂

Да Агаськин молодец самого Пита...да ещё как обыграл практически без шансов!))

What the heck? No fist pumping at every point? 😂

Class ACT by both.

Agassi completely destroyed Sampras in this match!

I think Pete was overall just a bit better than Agassi, which is probably why I rooted for Agassi much more. Both great, great men, and such touching words by Andre and the acknowledgement by Pete❤

André Agassi realmente era bueno, que manera de devolver pelotas 👍🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

Sampras well off his best here, and mobility is also much worse than in his younger years. Take nothing away from Agassi. His returns and passing shots were immense on the day!

Legends

Miami 2001. Agassi Gambhill please?

I can't stand Pete because he was too good of a server, which is all he usually needed to win. That is my opinion. His h2h against Andre is why I namely don't like Pete. I wish Agassi had won more majors.

Wow it’s hard to believe 2001 is classic lol

Us: "I can't even see Pete's ball." 'Dre; "I've got time to make a sandwich while I decide where to go with my return."

ANGAI camon let’s gooy vamos

How has this become a classic? Its purely one way traffic for Andre!

Both are GOD ✝️ givn talents

@DanielBoonelight

5 ай бұрын

..........or just genetics, hard work, and opportunity/circumstance.

@tomr6955

5 ай бұрын

@@DanielBoonelight all of those things are God-given

@DanielBoonelight

5 ай бұрын

@@tomr6955 at least they are when you're only willing to impose your beliefs onto the youtube comment-section. btw, which god? like, from which storybook? bc there are a LOT, my guy (;

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

So interesting. Agassi always won the Masters matchups but Sampras would always beat Agassi in the slams...

@bubufubu

5 ай бұрын

This is incorrect. Do you not know what the word "always" means?

@ananta7556

5 ай бұрын

@@bubufubu Zzzzzzz

@ananta7556

5 ай бұрын

@@bubufubuCharming. Are you always this much fun?

@bubufubu

5 ай бұрын

@@ananta7556 Do you typically use inaccurate words, when referring to statistics, to try and make a point?

Agassi bageled 2nd set? Where is Pete's points? Poor highlights

Agassi was so good but when it really mattered Sampras always had the edge in the important matches. 2002 US open perfect example

@SonateSonate

2 ай бұрын

Not always.

Id love to see Sampras at his prime vs joker at his prime. Sampras would have been humbled I think.

@blake7871

3 ай бұрын

That depends. Are you talking modern tech or 90’s tech? Modern slower courts or faster 90’s courts?

Annoying to only see Agassi points

@quentinhirschfeld9382

5 ай бұрын

That's because Sampras was relatively poor from the back of the court, compared to others TOP 10 players. His backhand was loopy nd his shoulder size forehand was meh, he also lacked creativity.

@Jingoa

5 ай бұрын

Sampras's style was all out rushing the net/just flat out hitting unreturnable serves. Neither of those make for good highlights (though they would make sense in a much longer recap). Plus they try to highlight breaks and set points, which only Agassi got.

Sampras could barely move

@poisenopinionator

5 ай бұрын

nothing came out of the press after the match about it. I don't think he was as explosive in terms of movement than what we're used to, but he seemed to move just fine in this match. Overmatched generally by Agassi and his confidence heading into this match

@masters.1000

5 ай бұрын

Any 30yo player could barely move back then.

@blake7871

3 ай бұрын

I think he quit once he got down a break in the 3rd.

Haha serve and volley, that's hilarious. Look at him go, haha