11月22日,吉隆坡, Sampras 对 Federer. 谁会赢?

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Tickets go on sale this week for an exhibition match in November between top-ranked Roger Federer and tennis great Pete Sampras.

The Nov. 22 match pits Sampras, the former world No. 1 and 14-time Grand Slam winner who retired in 2002, against Federer, who has 12 Grand Slam titles including last weekend's U.S. Open.

The night match will be played in the 12,000-seat Malawati Stadium at Kuala Lumpur on a medium speed indoor carpet.

"Roger is a true class act. He is obviously a great player but his manners on and off the court set him apart just as much," Sampras said in a statement released by organizers.

Federer and Sampras have played only once before in an ATP match, when Federer won a five-set duel 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5 in the round of 16 at Wimbledon in 2001.

"He is a true gentleman of the sport of tennis and I am very much looking forward to playing him in Kuala Lumpur. I have been preparing for the match very seriously and I will definitely be up to the task by then," Sampras said.

Federer said he and seven-time Wimbledon champion Sampras practiced together earlier this year at Sampras' home in Los Angeles.

"Although I will not get into who won the practice tiebreakers and sets we played, I will say that the tennis was of very high quality," he said.

The Federer-Sampras match is part of the events comprising the Malaysia Independence Tennis Festival. Another event is a challenge match between world No. 2 and three-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal on Nov. 20 against Wimbledon semifinalist Richard Gasquet of France.

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• 关公战秦琼，表演赛胜负难料。 -华伦久费- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2007 postreply 22:57:56

• 桑应该能拿下一盘 -说了就走- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2007 postreply 07:22:54

• 难，连当今顶尖好手都难，何况过气的桑普拉斯 -风中的云- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2007 postreply 10:33:56

• 呵呵, 那要看什么比赛 -Nobody_2006- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2007 postreply 10:50:40

• I think these exhibition matches are always pretty close -eDub- ♂ (292 bytes) () 09/14/2007 postreply 12:04:17

• 回复：I think these exhibition matches are always pretty close -clk430- ♂ (61 bytes) () 09/14/2007 postreply 15:48:44

• Agree. So the last set may be the best and real. -看风景- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2007 postreply 16:28:41

• agree, sometimes these exhibition matches are more entertaining -newyorker64- ♂ (220 bytes) () 09/14/2007 postreply 20:59:49

• 回复：11月22日,吉隆坡, Sampras 对 Federer. 谁会赢? -vabon2000- ♂ (66 bytes) () 09/16/2007 postreply 02:36:53