The fact Pete was still competitive at some point in his 40s is amazing. They weren't playing exhibition level tennis here.

@Cdog810

12 күн бұрын

He was 37 here lol

Sampras serve is probably the most beautiful stroke in the history of the game.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Quite nice indeed!

@radiohead2206

Жыл бұрын

And his Dunk Smash is unique too.

Roger’s backhand passing shot was always one of his best weapons

Pete’s service motion is iconic.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

It definitely is!

@Reuben_95

2 жыл бұрын

As is Federer’s

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

@@Reuben_95 yessirr

@worawatsr9803

2 жыл бұрын

There’s no way Sampras lost his service game serving for the match (never happened in his career). He clearly gave the match away to Federer.

@precessionoftheequinoxes3224

2 жыл бұрын

Best serve ever!

Watching this live must have been one of the best tennis experiences ever!!

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

For sure!!

@gladysmerched2051

2 жыл бұрын

Enorme placer ver a ESTOS GRANDES.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

@@gladysmerched2051 si señor!

Looking forward for Federer exhibition matches in the future. I’m sure he’ll fill arenas again. He can definitely keep playing like that

I love these guys. They are extremely talented and I love their games. They are gentlemen in the true sense of the Word

Legends of tennis ! GOAT'S for my : 1) Federer, 2) Sampras, 3) Nadal, 4) Djokoviç, 5) Laver, 6) Borg, 7) Agassi, 8) Connors, 9) McEnroe, 10) Lendl.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Good list!

@alcidesneto650

2 жыл бұрын

Becker????? 😃

@massimoferuglio9903

2 жыл бұрын

DJOKOVIC numero uno di sempre !

@amlanrudra419

2 жыл бұрын

Goat nadal

@user-ht6sn5mx5r

2 жыл бұрын

0ㅔㅜㅗㅎ ㅎ

"He's afraid of you Pete!!" Hahahaha 6:08

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Too good haha

The court was definitely faster than any court now!!! That brought the best out of both of them..........👏👏

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful game!

@user-cy6xl3vd3f

2 жыл бұрын

@@RogerThatTennis was the court accelerated for this special occasion?

@OneCrazedSniper1

Жыл бұрын

@@user-cy6xl3vd3f it was slowed down after the discussions in 2000 - 2002. It was way too boring and fast as the players couldn't really get pass the 3-5 ball rallies and it was hugely advantageous for aggressive players like Federer. They apparently changed the surface material for less bounce and slower kickback from the ground.

@vgr112261

8 ай бұрын

@@OneCrazedSniper1I disagree. Slowing down all courts virtually makes serve and volley tennis obsolete. THAT is boring.

Thanks for sharing. The 2 best players of all time. But Federer is a monster... he was incredibly losing the 3th set, then he recover like a monster, like a superman... Federer vs Sampras is the best tennis game you can watch. Love it!!! Thanks so much.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@spideyocd

2 жыл бұрын

Federer seemed to be taking it lightly in the third set but when Pete went ahead he brought back his A game and blasted 4 aces in a row!!?

@iagofernandez1656

2 жыл бұрын

@@spideyocd yeah, the aces moment just outstanding, demolarizing, astonishing... beast!!!

@muzammilmohsin7259

2 жыл бұрын

Pete didn't want to beat him either. Pete was already retired. They both just wanted to give the crowd an exciting game

@MrAH355

Жыл бұрын

Unbelievable how good Sampras was.. At his prime he would beat Federer without any doubt... Sampras was 37 and didn't touch a racket for 5 year... And you saw at Federers face how surprised he was about Sampras.. And he didn't give him any gifts... But short after this match he lost one... Unbelievable Sampras at his prime Was the best player ever

Both are my favourite players! Such a joy to watch them play.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Yessir!!

Sampras running forehand amazing !!!

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Yessirr

Can anyone watch Federer and dislike him? What a class act and beautiful interpreter of the game.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

It's hard but every now and then it can happen haha

@tarfap.kpamber9732

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you can - if you watch him retire.

Two golden legend's in universal

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Yesss

The greatest match ever of these two players. I was a fan of both of 'em in a different period of times. A dreamed beautiful match 👍😊

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Glad we got to see both of them!

Prime Pete vs prime Fed would have been the best tennis ever.

@worawatsr9803

2 жыл бұрын

Prime Pete can beat Fed on grass and fast hard court. Federer owns him on slower courts.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

That would have been amazing to watch.

@simonsiddique

2 жыл бұрын

@@worawatsr9803 I would say 50-50....like this court was made of carpet surface fastest there is.....as fast as courts Pete played..........

@iagofernandez1656

2 жыл бұрын

@@worawatsr9803 for you kzread.info/dash/bejne/onmExq6DmNScXc4.html

@iagofernandez1656

2 жыл бұрын

Federer with only 19 years old was already a monster, the best, defeating Sampras on his 30's. What else??? Best tennis ever, this two playing against each other.

Legends walking on the court. It's amazing to watch 👌

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Simply beautiful!

@bensmithkent22

Жыл бұрын

Novax will never be loved like this even if he wins another 5 slams.

That was awesome! Thanks for sharing!

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

Match so besutiful when they play together

those guys..., best tennis ever. I like big 3 this days but man..., this is something different, out of galaxy. Pure raw power and technique combo. So smooth, so fluide, so elegance.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

Roger is possibly my favorite player of all time, and I think his shot repertoire is wider and more skilled than Pete's, but in both their primes head to head on grass or hard court I think I would choose Pete.

@benparsons4979

2 жыл бұрын

on older faster hard and grass Pete for sure, but on modern courts Federer

@javierlara6350

2 жыл бұрын

@@benparsons4979 agreed. 100% Pete never faired well on slow courts.

@airkuna

2 жыл бұрын

@@benparsons4979 "on older faster hard and grass Pete for sure"-----:D what a dumb comment

@benparsons4979

2 жыл бұрын

@@airkuna in what way?

@airkuna

2 жыл бұрын

@@benparsons4979 on older????? :D

Per me, i due più grandi interpreti di questo sport. Leggende.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Si amico.

Serve and volly perfect synonym of pete sampras

Qué partido! Los 2 mejores de la historia.

Che spettacolo: 2 veri maestri del tennis!! 👏👏👏👏

Roger has a very smooth way of making his opponent hit to where he wants them to.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

He does indeed!

we need a player like sampras

Still love Pete I never get tired of watching him

@RogerThatTennis

Жыл бұрын

Amazing player :)

The best two of all time.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

They are up there!

@philonetwentyseven5308

2 жыл бұрын

Stop. Everyone knows who the top 3 are of all time and Sampras is not among the top 3

@marvellover2359

2 жыл бұрын

@@philonetwentyseven5308 yes only if grand slam remains the only yardstick for measuring players which statistically can work but logically and realistically it is not you have to consider other criteria too. Rod laver and Pete sampras in their primes were no jokes just like Federer or Djokovic.

@user-cy6xl3vd3f

2 жыл бұрын

@@marvellover2359 true, also the rackets at the time were not as much evolved. Especially for Laver, before the late 80s all you had was basically a stick and you had to get by with it. Nowadays players have super technological weapons and still complain because "that one's too heavy" or "this one doesn't get enough spin". The skill cap was way higher in the 60s.

So incredible!!

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Yess my guy!

Imagine these two facing each other in their prime

Man if 37 year old Sampras could come this close to beating Federer in his absolute prime, I gotta think he could have been a top 50 player basically through his 30s. Can’t believe his last pro match he was just 31 years old

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Right! Wish he had retired a little later.

@bensportraitpainter6742

2 жыл бұрын

Boris Becker was the king of Wimbledon, but he stepped down when he said that he felt like he has met his match in the next king Pete Sampras. Each legend is different, but maybe Pete felt so fortunate that he could win one last U.S. Open a couple years after his last Wimbledon win, but then lost to federal in the following Wimbledon. Yes it would’ve been great to see how many more major wins Pete could’ve gotten, but I think he wanted to be a little bit like Bjon Borg retired also after just having won his last major? And until Federer did the unthinkable to have such a resurgence later in his career at a high age due to his love for the sport, I think no one could conceive of being able to have such success late in a Legendary career (Maybe with the exception of Andre Agassi, although he could not accomplish the great feat to win a major it is last extended years)since the days of the great Aussie stars.

@toddpurvis9621

2 жыл бұрын

Would have loved to see Sampras at his prime against the big 3 in theirs.

@hassehougaard5120

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddpurvis9621 In his own words .........." I would have stood my ground."............ i believe him 😊

@eddieingalls534

Жыл бұрын

@XRP Heist Agree, Federer upped his game when he got his calculations wrong (and in my view misread how serious Sampras was taking it) and was down 2-5 in the third. He then got it back to 5-5 and let the entertainment go to the tie-break. What I suspect rattled Federer a little bit is he could feel Sampras was not there to entertain but to win it, which made it all much more difficult for Federer, he did not want to show us how easily he could destroy Sampras from a 5-2 lead in the third.

Federer was so shy at the end during handshake. Big respect!

Pete's forehand, serve and volley were just as good as always. That CC forehand passing shot was lethal, it's a shot even Fed doesn't do as well. The main difference was the backhand where Fed is clearly an evolution beyond Pete. Roger's BH is just such a free flowing full swing and he can hit them all here - so many winners off the BH. Pete's backhand just looks cramped. Sampras could have very well played at the top for quite a while longer - he could have served this one out and was one point away from winning.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Roger's backhand used to be amazing!

@nicholas6870

2 жыл бұрын

Well with a serve like Pete’s, you’d have a close game against anyone.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicholas6870 great server indeed

@innosanto

Жыл бұрын

Quite a while? He didnt even reach his peak he stopped training seriously at 28.

@kextrz

Жыл бұрын

Fed's backhand passing shot has always been one, if not his most lethal shot against net rushers. I think it's what made the difference in this match.

GOATS Wow Federer Sampras 👏 👏 👏

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing players!

Federer in his prime, Sampras 6 years after retirement, and Woods 1 year before you-know-what got out.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Oh... :o

GentlemenS.. Top of the pops😁TnX both of u👍⚡🇭🇷

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Yessirr

Love u sampras. 💓

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Yesss

first game of any set so huge...

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

That's right!

This is a much slower Pete.. that changes the whole game. Pete was so beautiful to watch.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

I am sure he was!

@innosanto

Жыл бұрын

Also serve was not at good level for Sampras. His serve is 10 times bwtter . And his vlley game and the shots

It is possible to serve volleying most of the time players of today should watch this match , the placement Sampras plays is incredible in his serve volleying

Love these two

Más que un juego de tenis fue una batalla de muñecas. Que sensibilidad!

The sounds of the ball off of those rackets is nice

I think Sampras cud have played 4,5 years more as professional tennis player ..

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

That would have been amazing

@naveedchaudary3432

2 жыл бұрын

@@RogerThatTennis ya

@bifftannen66

2 жыл бұрын

He was declining fast the year he retired, had a herniated disc and back problems during that year as well. He could have been a professional but he decided to quit while ahead. Who wants to see the great Sampras just hanging on while he had been dominating his whole career. He made the right decision.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

@@bifftannen66 thanks for sharing!

@Romans8-9

2 жыл бұрын

@@bifftannen66 Well he won the last slam he ever played so he def could have gone on. He was only 31 when he retired. I think he would have been a threat at Wimbledon at the very least.

What a shot! 7:15

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

the battle of the kings, legends

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

Pete Sampras , THE BEST

Amazing players

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Yessirr

Una pena que Sampras haya nacido en la generación anterior a los 3 fantásticos de hoy. No quiero ni imaginar lo que hubiese sido esa lucha entre los 4.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine that!

@laudrup2012

2 жыл бұрын

Y agreguemos que no se cambien las superficies como en el caso de Wimbledon. Ah, y me gustaría agregar a Agassi, ya que ganó Wimbledon en aquellos tiempos. Muchos han derrotado a Federer en esta superficie pero por los cambios que le hicieron. En fin, que lindo sería! En mi caso disfrute y disfruto de éstos jugadores actuales en sus últimos años

@kir717

2 жыл бұрын

@@laudrup2012 a Agassi no lo considero en el grupo, eso no quita que fue un tremendo jugador, pero estamos hablando de los mejores, entre los mejores.

This match is sick.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Really good!

My two favorite players (throw in Courier too).

@RogerThatTennis

4 ай бұрын

Beasts

Best tennis I’ve seen

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Great players!

Come on, obviously Rog let that second set go

Finally an upload of the match with the start of the third set which Pete was winning! Then old age and lack of practice kicked in *sigh*

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you liked it!

@innosanto

Жыл бұрын

It wasnt old age as mich as no practice

What a wonderful performance from both of them! Kings! ………….after Agassi! 😀😀😀

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

That was no exhibition..you can't have friendly thing between such fierce and perfectionist competitors

Now THAT was beautiful tennis. Sadly, that sort of tennis is dead now but oh well. We'll always have all the old Federer matches to watch.

@Rauliki_U_u

11 ай бұрын

True, the same thing happens to tennis as to music, any time in the past was better.

Veramente una partita giocata da due fenomeni del tennis, anche se si trattava di un'esposizione. Pete, col serve and volley, grosso giocatore di rete, Roger campione a tutto tondo. Buongiorno

Legend👍👍👍

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Yessirr

That lists is perfect. Can't squeeze Becker or Edberg in there.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Great player only

I would have had Connors as high as 3 thou. Hardly played the Oz open and win 109 titles. Super aggressive in 73/74

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing player!

SENSACIONAL!! MEUS ÍDOLOS ETERNAMENTE!!!

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Galera fera!

Huge Sampras .. that was Federer at his prime !

Los dos pete y roger. Son fantásticos. Luis carbajal pro. De tenis.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Si señor

나의 우상, 꿈의 두선수 너무 멋지다..!!

Pete is looking awesome!!! But Fenderer wasn't playing his best he was just entertaining the crowd!!!!!

@RogerThatTennis

Ай бұрын

Pete still had it right?

@jorad4887

Ай бұрын

@@RogerThatTennis Pete could still play, don't know why he quit, I'm not a Pete fan but I gotta give it to him he beat the pulp out of his competition even Agassi couldn't beat him, Agassi could win the big 1 if Pete wasn't there that's how good Pete is.

i always want Federer to win all matches except with Sampras..... Hope u got it...

Sampras, wow. Wow. Unbelievable.

I Loveit this tennis 🎾🎾

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Yesss

Pete...the real GOAT...

@RogerThatTennis

2 ай бұрын

Miss Pistol man

@atarumoroboshi75

2 ай бұрын

@@RogerThatTennis So much...❤ Miss faster surfaces too...

Federer the best ever

Every time they show Tiger I can't help but think about how at that time he was sitting with his wife but had around 25 side chicks.

5:28 A rare, animated showing from Pistol Pete. Also, may the tennis gods bring us Alcaraz vs Nadal in 2025.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha imagine

May it was Sampras carrier ends time. If it would be very tough to win fed against young pett.

Serve- Sampras Forehand - slight edge Sampras Backhand - Federer Volleys- Sampras Overhead - Sampras Return- Federer

Dos Leyendas es extraordinario, Federer, Sampras, Nadal y Stefan Edberg siempre serán mis tenistas preferidos, viendo este partido de exhibición mis respetos a Sampras que auque perdió se nota la diferencia entre estar retirado y la edad y aún así dio batalla. En un enfrentamiento hipotético entre Sampras en su mejor momento contra Federer en su mejor momento Sampras hubiera salido vencedor su juego saque y volea hubiera destruido el contraataque de Federer, porque en juego de fondo Federer es imparable con su Revés espectacular

5:47 what kind of watch is tiger wearing? Help me out webiverse!

Sampras look great talent

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

He did actually.

Sampras is the best the serve is a legendery and need to learn in school

Roger reaching Wimbledon's final at 37... Which is the age at which Pete played that game...

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Correct man!

@alcidesneto650

2 жыл бұрын

Playing against Becker?

@muzammilmohsin7259

2 жыл бұрын

Pete retired early because of his injuries as he wasn't able to continue playing at the standard he set for himself else would have played the game longer

@alcidesneto650

2 жыл бұрын

@@muzammilmohsin7259 PS GOAT

@innosanto

Жыл бұрын

It is not about age it is about what you want. sampras wanted to retire from tennis at 28. He stopped training at end of 1999. So , yeah he didnt even reach his prime. Prime Sampras would be a well trained 2000-2005 but he stopped training at 1999. Plus he had back injury and because he didnt want to continue trainjng he didnt do the physios and rehabilitation to fix the issue. So yeah with good trainjnt Sakpras would have 26-27 grand slams or so.

Bravo

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Grandes del tenis de todos los tiempos!!! Soy fan de Roger y no había visto jugar a Sampras.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Two of the greatest in the game!

Dan Mocanu excelente selección. Luis carbajal pro. De tenis.

Roger took the game lightly earlier. 😂

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Yessirr haha

@muzammilmohsin7259

2 жыл бұрын

Correct. Pete was long retired too

Todos los jugadores del pasado, subian mucho a la Red, hoy en dia no se si seria muy efectivo ese juego ,ya que hay verdaderos maestro que te dejarian como colador

Djokovic left all behing

Perhaps Roger was a TICK better than Pete, at their peaks. But you could do a lot worse, having to take Pete Sampras in a match, with your life in the balance. Watching these two play each other is truly poetry in sport. What a joy to watch this match.

Pete sampras restera toujours une vedette

Only Roger can do it

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Yessir Pablito

At his peek, Sampras wipes every player off the court. The real GOAT.

Pete Sampras, even though US based, with an exemplary behaviour on the court through out his whole career.

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Yessirr

Oh God.. How good Pete was... Didn't touch a racket for years.... Would beat Federer at his peak for sure

Man only if sampras changed to a 95inch and less stiff racquet in later stages of his career, anything cudve happened

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

We'll never know :/

@innosanto

Жыл бұрын

He stipped trainjng on person you know that right? He didnt want to play after end off 1999. There is nothing about racjet it is he didnt want to play tennis or train he wanted to leave and say bye to tennis end of 1999.

Near the end Sampras was probably feeling deja vu, thinking back to their 2001 match

@innosanto

Жыл бұрын

You know thay Sampras was with 2 years no training, with deciding to retire from tennis alrwady 2 years prior , with playing in the year Wimbledon changed the soil to make it a slow court which requires to adapt to slow play and especially if uou dint trajn 2 years and with back injury additionally? Plus you know that he referee made mistake right? It was 6-3 Sampras was ahead in last tie break and ref made mistake. Then one point and Sampras would win even eith all the factors above.

Harika..

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Whut

bests of the older and younger generation ........woooooowwwww...... how old are they in this game????

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

I think Roger is 27 and Pete 36.

Imagine a men’s grand slam where all the legends are in their prime! Who’d win? 🧐

@RogerThatTennis

2 жыл бұрын

Karatsev

@ben1147

2 жыл бұрын

@@RogerThatTennis it’s entirely possible

Who’s here after learning about Federer’s retirement?