Points won by each set: | 28-18, 25-18, 29-26 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
33 % Sampras – 25 of 75
34 % Roddick – 24 of 69
[17] Sampras’ clinical performance in one a half hours. [11] Roddick’s only break point occurred as he led 1:0 (40/30) in the 2nd set – Sampras lost the control over his FH-volley but the ball luckily for him landed on the baseline. The match was over actually after sixty minutes when Sampras opened the 3rd set with a break. Such a beatdown in a clash between the best US players of two different decades, couldn’t be expected because in their two previous meetings, Roddick was distinctively better (won 7-6, 6-3 twice).
Points won by each set: | 28-18, 25-18, 29-26 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
33 % Sampras – 25 of 75
34 % Roddick – 24 of 69
[17] Sampras’ clinical performance in one a half hours. [11] Roddick’s only break point occurred as he led 1:0 (40/30) in the 2nd set – Sampras lost the control over his FH-volley but the ball luckily for him landed on the baseline. The match was over actually after sixty minutes when Sampras opened the 3rd set with a break. Such a beatdown in a clash between the best US players of two different decades, couldn’t be expected because in their two previous meetings, Roddick was distinctively better (won 7-6, 6-3 twice).