In 1997 Patrick Rafter won his first major at the US Open, thanks to his agile movement, big-kicking serve, and unparalleled net coverage. Though this put him exactly nine majors behind Pete Sampras ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pete Sampras rediscovered his greatness Monday, dominating a dangerous opponent with nearly flawless tennis punctuated by a brilliant sequence of shots on the final point. Disproving ...

NEW YORK -- Pete Sampras rediscovered his greatness Monday, dominating a dangerous opponent with nearly flawless tennis punctuated by a brilliant sequence of shots on the final point. Disproving ...

INDIAN WELLS — A touch of Wimbledon, namely last year’s men’s finalists, Pete Sampras and Patrick Rafter, brought some punch and panache to the main stadium at the Tennis Garden Friday. It was ...

NEW YORK — Pete Sampras rediscovered his greatness Monday, dominating a dangerous opponent with nearly flawless tennis punctuated by a brilliant sequence of shots on the final point. Disproving ...

2001-09-04 04:00:00 PDT New York-- IT ENDED with a flash of the old greatness, and perhaps a farewell. For all of the fine tennis in Pete Sampras' U.S. Open victory over Patrick Rafter yesterday, this ...

NEW YORK — You play someone 16 times and things are bound to sink in sooner or later. The server made an errant ball toss, caught it and said, “Sorry, mate ...

Tennis as art. It was a romantic, entertaining Wimbledon retro, Patrick Rafter's serve-and-volley bravado against the creative but suddenly crackable baseline excellence of Andre Agassi. "I'm not ...

Every year, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open provide two specific venues where tennis takes top billing in the world of sports. If you haven't watched them closely, at least the finals, then you haven't ...

2001-06-24 04:00:00 PDT Wimbledon, England-- So few athletes get to experience perfection. Michael Jordan found it with that dreamlike last shot against Utah. Sandy Koufax had the feeling many times.

This is the second in a four-part series of articles about the abundance of power-baseliners in professional tennis today, the absence of other styles of play and what this means for the game. Stefan ...