Federer Beats Sampras In Malaysia
The first match between Roger Federer and Pete Sampras wasn’t close. The second match lived up to the hype.
Federer battled Sampras and won again, this time in a 90 minute, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5) thriller. Sampras had his rocket serve and laser like forehands down the line on full display on Thursday preventing another Federer steamroll.
“I was impressed with Pete tonight,” Federer told reporters. “He played some unbelievable shots, but then again he is capable of doing that. He had an incredible serve which was so difficult to read tonight.”
The last of the three matches between the two will take place on Saturday in Macau.