Pete Sampras vs. Andy Roddick Extended Highlights | 2002 US Open Quarterfinal
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- Watch the extended highlights of Pete Sampras vs. Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals of the 2002 US Open.
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Can’t get bored watching some vintage Sampras!
"Personally, to watch a Pete Sampras versus Goran Ivanisevic match, or one between those kind of players, is not enjoyable, It's not really tennis, it is a few swings of the racquet.
It was less eye-catching than what we do now. Everyone enjoys the tennis we play much more. I am not saying we are playing better tennis, just more enjoyable tennis. For me, in the past it was just serve, serve, serve." said Nadal.
@@marianogonzalez9248 Agreed. I would say the early 2000s was a great time to watch tennis though, had you had that lovely mix of serve-and-volley players and up-and-coming baseliners. For me, the best tennis to watch is a mix of those two (probably 60:40 in favour of baseline). This match is a great example of that.
@@marianogonzalez9248so tennis is better now that they’ve equalized all the surfaces and player skills/styles by slowing them down, reducing every match to longer, redundant points from the baseline? No thanks!
@@marianogonzalez9248I couldnt disagree more. What Nadal is describing was a problem perhaps at Wimbledon. It was hardly how tennis was played in general, and you have a long list of matches (such as the Sampras- Agassi games) that were far more entertaining than anything they produce today due to the clash of styles.
In any case, if they thought the serve was a problem at Wimbledon or even in general, there were better ways to fix it than to slow the grass and allow bullshit modern strings so that all players now look exactly the same.
Unfortunately there are people who think tennis didn't exist before the Big 3 but Pete was the undisputed GOAT in his time and its easy to forget just how good he was.
Exactly
Bjorg was always the GOAT for everyone outside the US
that´s what a call a "generational match" .. i love these years, many different styles of play, different pace between surfaces, now all the play the same way and is almost the same to play in clay or hard
Masterclass from Sampras. Still the best player I've seen, just second to Laver. He played tennis the way I like, fast, aggressive serve and volley, but with solid groundstrokes, too. I remember watching this match as if it was yesterday. Sampras was seeded 17, because he hadn't won a tournament for 2 years. He played superbly every round, beat Agassi in the final, and retired the following year, on his own terms. Class act, from the start of his career, to the end.
In his prime, Sampras was the strongest and most skilled player of all time. The Big 3 are just more durable.
That serve, volley and forehand would still dominate today.
Com a Diminuição de velocidade das quadras e a melhora de devolução de saque, Serve & Volley a todo momento se tornou Obsoleto
Com esse backhand não seria nem top 20 hoje
@@marcelocolle1002 Roddick né
@@SAM098. Arrisco dizer que os dois, nos dias atuais com quadras lentas e tecnologia das raquetes
Hahahaha NO
Thank you USTA🙂. We love some Sampras ❤
Sampras's volleys were so clean and always perfectly placed. Such good awareness and skill at net.
Its not only serve &bolley. His forehand is an trully missile. If Sampras IS in shape there is no any player who could stop him
Novak 2023 would crash Sampras prime.
I am glad that it is recognized how admirable Sampras' game has been and still is, despite the crazy numbers that are being handled today. His strengths are as good as any of the best.
Sampras is the most consistent player to ever play the game. Only player to stay number one for 6 consecutive years has a definitive winning record again all his rivals and was only on tour for 14yrs. Also courts wasn’t slowed down either. They played fast you never had a match last 4hrs long or the serious injuries we are seeing player have now. I’d Andre couldn’t touch Sampras who hit winners off serves Novak wouldn’t have a chance. Even Federer might not
@@h-dawg1876 many tennis fan's said if sampras in his prime faced alcarez or jainik sinner he just lost in straight set's .
The difference between Sampras and Roddick in terms of skills at the net and decision making is enormous. I remember watching a lot of Roddick matches and thinking I have never a player that makes his approach shots as obvious as Roddick. His net game was average at best.
Roddick would decide to rush the net on any approach shot.
Miss this era. When players weren’t fist pumping after every point or yelling at their box or taking bathroom breaks or towel breaks as tactics
Well, I remember Rusedski, who maybe started the towelling, Becker did sneak in strategic bathroom breaks, Connors did quite a lot of fist pumping, as did Lleyton Hewitt.
Sampras GOAT
I loved Andy Roddick but the truth is, if his serve wasnt working, he would lose. A guy that had one weapon. Sampras had everything
The real goat is Sampras. Before they slowed down courts to allow players like Novak have a chance to win.
Legend.
Is there anyone who would take Djokovic on the following proposition: "Both players start their careers at the same time, which of the two (Djokovic or Sampras) would be the better?". I'd take Sampras without hesitation.
Djokovic because he has far better movement, serve and return than Agassi, Sampras' closest rival at his prime.
@@iamshadowbanned699 You don't understand my point. You can't compare two different eras and training methods. Look at the talent between Djokovic and Sampras.
So how does Sampras' "talent" give him the edge against Djokovic exactly?
@@iamshadowbanned699 Djokovic = Lothar Matthäus , Sampras = Ronaldo Nazario, Federer = Zidane
And who made you the arbiter of what is real talent? 🤣 you sound delusional.
Love the visor! Never should have gone away.
He was too good.
Bring back this court speed and bounce
Roddick had an injury but not a serious one and finished the rest of the season. Sampras gave him a similar dismantling to rusedski at Wimbledon in the same year.
roddick was like this little boy going to school on this one
Imagine, Roddick was the prime competition to Federer from 2001 to 2007 hahaha...taking a lesson from Sampras here. Goran swept him in 2001 in Wimbledon the same way...Federer won his first 6,7 grandslams without real competition...
What’s real competition? The top tennis players in the world? You should’ve been up there too competing since they’re not real competition. Roddick finished with a winning record against the goat djoker so I think he was a decent player.
What about Agassi and Safin?
@@EndoftheTownProductionswell those two speak about the rest too. Imagine a 10yrs older Agassi playing several finals with Federer until 2007. Safin is great, admited. But the rest, Coria, Hewitt, Roddick, Gaudio etc... 🤷🏻♂️
@@EndoftheTownProductions Federer played only 2 Grand Slam Matches against prime Safin.
Federer had more Roddick competition after 2007 in fact lol wimbledon finals and other relevant matches. Roddick never was truly the Federer competition, your tennis history culture is almost none lol i was living and playing watching them already. Hewitt, Nalbandian, Safin and Agassi were RF competitors from 01 to 05. Then we can say Rafa was the prime competitor from 06-07. Go check if you want. And don't know why the poor affirmation of first GS wins without competiton. Its merely to justify any Djo GS stats relevance? Then, shame. We can smell blind Djo fans from distance
Can you guys please upload Roddick vs Ferrer 4th Round 2011
Andy really needed to try more lobs against Pete when he played the net. Pete owned him there. If nothing else it would have opened it up more
More lobs? He was up against a player who possess the greatest smash in history of tennis bro.
@@graysonsu7262 Perhaps. But he should have at least tried to make Pete back pedal more imo.
Great ever.
I still have my old prostaff at 85sq strung at 62lbs..still play with it at 41. I honestly don’t know how people play with sub 50lbs string tension
Pistol Pete will take out nadal Djovic baseline game easily 👍👍
Roddick’s returns were pretty shitty😮
I love the looks of this bulky sampras
10000 views and 77 likes? come on guys!
Sampras acted like he was so old in this match
there was no match the one which was expected to be a 5 set thriller ended in quick 3 sets , nothing of value here
Says the none player