USA: RUSSIAN MARAT SAFIN BEAT PETE SAMPRAS TO WIN THE U.S. OPEN MEN'S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

Record ID: 981250

  • Title: USA: RUSSIAN MARAT SAFIN BEAT PETE SAMPRAS TO WIN THE U.S. OPEN MEN'S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Date: 13th September 2000
  • Summary: FLUSHING MEADOWS, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 10, 2000) 1. PETE SAMPRAS AND MARAT SAFIN WALK ONTO COURT 2. 1ST SET...SAFIN RETRIEVES A SAMPRAS LOVE WITH A GREAT BACKHAND. SAMPRAS FAILS TO PUT AWAY AT NET 3. SAMPRAS FOREHAND WINNER AT NET TO GO UP (3-2) 1ST SET 4. SAFIN RECEIVING SAMPRAS SERVE...AND BREAKS SAMPRAS TO GO UP (4-3) 1ST SET 5. POINT OF THE MATCH, SAMPRAS DROPS BALL OVER NET BUT SAFIN MAKES A GREAT GET TP CROSS BALL OVER NET FOR WINNER IN THE 2ND SET 6. THIRD SET. SAFIN WITH THE GREAT RETURN ON THE SAMPRAS SERVE FOR THE WINNER 7. CHAMPIONSHIP POINT SAFIN WINS 8. CROWD APPLAUDING 9. SAFIN RAISES US OPEN TROPHY 10. SAFIN CLIMBING INTO STANDS TO MEET RUSSIAN FAMILY AND FRIENDS 11. SAFIN KISSING TENNIS COURT 12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SAFIN SAYING "I thought about quitting tennis in Indian Wells. Now I won the US Open. I start to play better, before I was thinking about staying in the top 20. With luck, I can stay in top 20, maybe top 15. Now I am thinking about being number one in the world.I have a big chance. So it is a big difference I think." 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SAFIN: "It is difficult to play him when you are out of confidence, when you are with confidence it is a little bit easier you have to make the right decisions in the right moments. If you miss one shot, the set is gone. So you have to one hundred percent sure what you are doing on the court." 14. (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) SAMPRAS: "Just got to accept it, you know I lost to a better player on the day, that's just the way it goes, this year will be a great year for me, and being in the final, it is nothing I am ashamed of." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: FLUSHING MEADOWS, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
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