CANADA: RUSSIAN MARAT SAFIN DEFEATS PETE SAMPRAS TO PROCEED IN SEMI-FINAL OF MASTERS SERIES TENNIS EVENT IN TORONTO

Record ID: 981632

  • Title: CANADA: RUSSIAN MARAT SAFIN DEFEATS PETE SAMPRAS TO PROCEED IN SEMI-FINAL OF MASTERS SERIES TENNIS EVENT IN TORONTO
  • Date: 4th August 2000
  • Summary: TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA (AUGUST 4, 2000) SOURCE: ISL - SEE ABOVE FOR FULL RESTRICTIONS PETE SAMPRAS V. MARAT SAFIN 1. MARAT SAFIN WINS RALLY WITH BACKHAND CROSSCOURT PASS 2. PETE SAMPRAS WINS RALLY WITH BACKHAND VOLLEY 3. SAFIN WINS RALLY WITH BACKHAND CROSSCOURT PASS 4. SAMPRAS DOUBLE FAULTS, SAFIN WINS MATCH, PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS AT NET 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MARAT SAFIN SPEAKING: "I can't believe that it happened, because he made a double fault on his match point, I mean it's difficult to believe that he can do it but he did it and he also made a double fault on my match point so thank you very much, I have to say thank you to him that I am in the semi-final." 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PETE SAMPRAS SPEAKING: "It was anyone's ball game and I had it on my racket and historically that's the time where I can close it out but I went for it, missed it and did it again on match point. I just didn't serve too well today and it's the shot that kind of let me down, and I give him full credit on playing great and fighting hard to beat me." PATRICK RAFTER V. JIRI NOVAK 7. PATRICK RAFTER WINS RALLY WITH OVERHEAD 8. NOVAK WINS RALLY WITH FOREHAND DOWN THE LINE 9. MATCH POINT TO NOVAK 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PAT RAFTER SPEAKING ABOUT HIS INJURY: "It seems to be that I played too many matches, that the shoulder's gotten fatigued, very tired, and I haven't done enough exercise on another part of it which I didn't realise I had to do so much of and so I'm faced with learning again the hard way but I feel that I've nipped it in the bud early enough so it's not going to be a problem that I'm going to take six or eight weeks off, I feel like it's only a two week thing but again I don't really know." WAYNE FERREIRA V. YEVGENY KAFELNIKOV 11. FERREIRA WINS RALLY WITH FOREHAND PASS 12. FERREIRA WINS MATCH WITH ACE HAREL LEVY V. JEROME GOLMARD 13. LEVY WINS MATCH WITH ACE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA
  • Country: Canada
  • Reuters ID: LVA6AS5AXTWHEVT07RHPNDVDGEHL
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