Sampras最近的表演賽 - 網球

說最近也不是最近啦,大概是美網剛結束一個禮拜那時候
對手是當時很Hot
剛剛在美網16強跟Nadal激戰的美國新生代重砲手Sam Querrey
不過Sampras寶刀未老
三盤後以6:7,6:3,6:1解決了Querrey

以下是原文:

Several of 4,000 fans who attended Friday night's tennis exhibition in the
Pit received nearly as much of a workout as the two stars, Pete Sampras and
Sam Querrey.

With only 12 feet of space behind the baseline of the blue synthetic court
placed on the Pit's famed hardwood floor, spectators at both ends of the
court spent much of the night jumping out of the way of 120 mph serves
blasted by Sampras and Querrey.

This was a night when you didn't count a player's aces. Instead, you kept
track of the number of times fans, linespeople and ball boys ducked whizzing
yellow balls, and sometimes didn't duck quickly enough.

Dennis Irvin, 50, who traveled to Albuquerque from Farmington with his wife
Donna, 46, paid $48 each for seats at the south end of the Pit. At courtside.

"It was well worth it," said Dennis, 50, who regularly deflected bazooka
shots from both players. "It was for a good cause (UNM Children's Hospital,
the beneficiary of the exhibition)."

The Irvins have been Sampras fans, they said, since he won his first Grand
Slam

On Friday night they cheered him again as Sampras won, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1.

At age 37, Sampras is 17 years older than Querrey. That didn't stop him from
chasing down shots off both wings and, of course, pounding that signature
fluid cannonball service deep and hard into the corners. And ultimately, into
the seats.

"When the balls came close to me," Donna Irvin, said, "I just got behind
(husband Dennis).

"He's got the best serve and the best forehand," Querrey said. This weekend
Querrey leaves for Spain where he will play on the U.S. Davis Cup team next
weekend against Spain.

"People are asking me all the time when I'm going to come out of retirement,"
Sampras said. "I'm very content. I've moved on. I don't want to put in all
the work that it takes to be No. 1 in the world."

That's a spot that Sampras had to himself for six years.

Sampras won the match as well as best comedic honors. When a baby in the
audience began to cry just as Sampras wound up to serve, Sampras, the father
of two boys, 5 and 3, stopped and said, "I know that sound." When he cracked
a forehand winner down the line, he pulled up the sleeve of his T-shirt and
flexed his biceps. Following a double fault, he walked toward a fan and
offered up his racket.

Prior to the match, Sampras and Querrey were given Lobos basketball jerseys
by UNM coach Steve Alford. Loren Dils, former assistant coach for the UNM
men, who has been diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease, was recognized
for his service to tennis in New Mexico.

The place that Sampras holds in tennis history was cause for much
intimidation. The ball boys, trained by David Krauss, wore wide-eyed looks
throughout. "They're incredibly excited," said Krauss. "For many of them,
he's their idol."

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