Sampras beats Agassi in Macau showdown

Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi at an exhibition match in Macau 3-6 6-3 10-8.

This was the first time that Sampras and Agassi played each other in seven years.

Agassi edged the first set in 27 minutes with a solitary break in the fourth game, but Sampras responded with a much-improved performance in the second to prevail in 21 minutes to send the match to a decider with also a single break in the third game.

And in the third Sampras was always ahead and despite a late rally from Agassi, capped the win with an emphatic ace.

Sampras said: "Andre just hits the ball so cleanly even after being retired for three years. The pace of his shots is just very heavy.

"Today he was serving great, I think he even out-aced me. It was a pleasure playing him, he is a great player with a great return of serve.

"I got off to a slow start, Andre was hitting it hard in the warm-up. Whenever I played Andre if I wasn't on it I was going to lose. Back in the day, I could beat some of the guys when not playing well, but Andre doesn't give you any room to breathe."



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