News about Pete Sampras

New jewels please: How the royals have stolen the show at Wimbledon with their sparkler choices - from Princess Margaret's diamond brooch to Kate's gold charm earrings

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 7, 2024
In 1965, Princess Margaret (main) was spotted in the royal box at Wimbledon with sunglasses on, cigarette in hand and a fabulous diamond brooch pinned to her shoulder. In 1977, when her sister he Queen (bottom right) presented the winner's trophy to women's singles victor Virginia Wade, Her Late Majesty wore a pair of large pearl earrings. On her pink and white checked coat, she wore the Duchess of Cambridge's Brooch, which had belonged to her great-great-grandmother Princess Augusta. In 2016, Kate Middleton looked to Scotland and a firm traditionally known for cashmere to provide her jewels when she watched Scot Andy Murray win his second Wimbledon title. She chose gold charm earrings and twinned them with gold-plated brass hoops.

Tommy Paul beats Lorenzo Musetti to clinch Queen's Club title and become top ranked American... as world No 1 Jannik Sinner wins in Halle ahead of Wimbledon

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 23, 2024
Tommy Paul is the new United States No 1 after winning his first grass-court title at Queen's Club on Sunday to head into Wimbledon leading the American charge. The 27-year-old beat Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-1, 7-6 in 88 minutes in a commanding display to win his third tour-level title and said: 'This is the perfect way to go to Wimbledon. Thank you to all of you guys for coming out and watching.' Paul became the first American player to win on the prestigious London grass since Sam Querrey in 2010 and joined the likes of Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors and Andy Roddick to triumph here.

After winning the Australian Open, you missed out on a moment in Jannik Sinner's celebrations

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 28, 2024
Tennis players can be a squeamish lot, as shown by Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner's bizarre appearance as he claimed his maiden Grand Slam title on Rod Laver Arena on Sunday night.

Three months after revealing his wife's heartbreaking ovarian cancer diagnosis, a tennis legend is completely unrecognizable as he is seen grabbing a cup of coffee from Starbucks

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 27, 2024
With his final Grand Slam appearance at the US Open in 2002 shortly before he gave it all up, the 14-time major champion is widely regarded as one of the best to have ever played tennis. Now, at the age of 52, he is incredibly private and does not do much TV work, preferring to remain out of the spotlight and keep his personal life private. Bridgette's wife is apparently fighting ovarian cancer, and this is perhaps even more the case now, three months after her heartbreaking revelation that he is fighting ovarian cancer.

Who is Pete Sampras' wife Bridgette Wilson? Everything you need to hear after the traumatic announcement of her year-long battle against ovarian cancer

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 30, 2023
On Sunday, retired tennis pro Pete Sampras revealed a crucial piece of his private life, revealing the sad news of his wife Bridgette Wilson's ovarian cancer diagnosis. 'I am a very private and quiet person, as most people know.' However, this year has been a difficult time for my family, and Sampras, 52, said on a statement sent on X (formerly Twitter).' Bridgette, my wife, had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer,' Sampras continued.

Bridgette, a 50-year-old woman, has ovarian cancer and is currently receiving hormone therapy

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 29, 2023
Bridgette, a retired tennis player in the United States, has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. In a emailed message sent by the ATP Tour, the 14-time Grand Slam champion said: "I am very quiet and private person." However, this year has been an extremely challenging year for my family and I have wanted to let the world know what's been going on. 'Bridgette, my wife, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in December.' Since then, she has undergone major surgery, pushed through chemotherapy, and continues with targeted maintenance therapy.

Heavy metal enthusiasts are the most patient of all music enthusiasts, putting classical music buffs with stewards after just 32 minutes of queuing, which put classical music buffs to shame

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 23, 2023
According to a survey of 2,000 Brits, the average person will stand in line for less than half an hour before being fed up and leaving the line. According to the Virgin Media O2 report, 36 minutes was a 'breaking point' for the overwhelming majority of Britons. When the benefits of leaving the queue outweighed the reason for queuing up in the first place, it was pin-pointed as the'snapping point.' Despite not getting what you wanted, like tickets to a gig, a fairground ride, or admission to a museum, many people felt a sense of calm after leaving a line.

Jannik Sinner, an Italian, beats Wimbledon's eighth seed to face Russian Roman Safiullin

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 11, 2023
He has had the most favorable draw this year, and became the first man to face a top-five opponent since both Boris Becker and Pete Sampras did so in 1995. Sinner became only the third Italian man to make the Wimbledon semis after Nicola Pietrangeli and Matteo Beretta, but he had to fight a rocky start to the inspired Safiullin midway through the tournament.

How lightning in a bottle Carlos Alcaraz defied 100 years of family heartache to soar to world No 1

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 28, 2023
Carlos Alcaraz Snr and Carlos Alcaraz Snr existed before Carlos Alcaraz, as well as Carlos Alcaraz Snr. The three-generation journey to Wimbledon top seed and world No. 1 is a tale of history, but it begins with a slice of luck - and a slice of cake. If it wasn't for Alfonso Lopez Rueda, the tennis-loving president of Spanish cake and yoghurt company Postres Reina, Alcaraz Jnr's tale may have ended up the same as his father, a promising player who has been plagued by a lack of funding.

The future is BRIGHT as US tennis thrives at the Australian Open

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 24, 2023
As Tommy Paul finished off Roberto Bautista Agut with a fortuitous net cord on Monday, it was the first time three American men - Paul, Ben Shelton and Sebastian Korda - reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the first time in 23 years. Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, and Chris Woodruff, the University of Tennessee's new head coach, were the last three people to do so. American tennis has risen out of the slump that has existed since Andy Roddick's 2003 US Open win, and the best barometer of achievement comes in the form of Jonathan Pearson's updated ATP rankings on Monday. They will have ten American men among the world's best 50. The United States will have 20 percent of the world's top 50 percent. Big things are happening.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, a long-serving competitor, are set for a farewell double in London

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 21, 2022
MIKE DICKSON: His voice is bursting with emotion, Roger Federer contemplated 15 months of agony and a potential departure from Rafael Nadal. On Friday evening, the Swiss master, 41, will fire his last shots at the Laver Cup in London with that serene kind of rage. It may be in the name of his long rival. Federer announced that he would only play one doubles match in the Team Europe versus Team World match, due to his right knee's inability to withstand anything more vigorous.

Roger Federer played with such grace that his matches belonged on the culture pages

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 15, 2022
Roger Federer does not retire as one of the two greatest tennis players to have graced the stage, according to CHIEF SPORTS WRITER. Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic are an improvement on Federer if Margaret Court is more effective than Serena Williams. He hasn't won a Grand Slam since the 2018 Australian Open, and hasn't made it to the last four since 2020. In 2021, his last round of Grand Slam tennis ended in a 6-0 loss at Wimbledon. And yet, we know all of this is fantasy. Tennis has lost its greatest artist, a hero unlike no other, who influenced the game until it became almost highbrow, thanks to Federer's retirement. Federer's best moments on the sport page looked like his matches should be investigated on the culture pages, away from the sweat and effort of the sporting arena. The man himself never seemed to break into anything as unseemly as a sweat. His detractors would wilt, but he remained aloof. Of course not in reality. Federer's true art — as well as a strong streak of ruthlessness — seemed to be seamless integration.

MIKE DICKSON: Roger Federer drew crowds in the thousands and always had a smile for fellow players

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 15, 2022
TENNIS CORRESPONDENT MIKE DICKSON (left) was the guy who always had a smile for colleagues but was never afraid to humiliate them on court if absolutely necessary. Feliciano Lopez, a close friend and veteran of twenty years on tour, once said that nobody could blow you away in such a way. 'You seem helpless against him.' The Spaniard does things that no one else is able to do, particularly in the way he improvises.' This is at the root of Federer's dichotomy. A supremely polished and fastgoing departure from the court, a ruthless competitor atop it who feared losing as much as anyone.

Carlos Alcaraz, the current US Open champion, delivers the uplifting four-word letter sent by Nick Kyrgios

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 13, 2022
Carlos Alcaraz never doubted that he would win the US Open this year, and told the Spaniard of his prediction, shortly after the teenager's victory in New York. Alcaraz won his first Grand Slam final at Flushing Meadows, defeating Norway's Casper Rudd 6-4, 2-6, (7-1). The 19-year-old revealed a letter from the Aussie star containing four simple words: 'I told you' shortly after winning the US Open Championship.'

Marked for greatness at age THREE!How Alcaraz caught Nadal & Federer's eye as a youngster

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 12, 2022
He played his first tennis racket at the age of 16, and now, it's the US Open Championship, a cheque for $2.6 million and the World No. 1 ranking, the youngest to ever do it. Carlos Alcaraz's ascension to the top of world tennis has been electrifying, and it began in Murcia, Spain, in the tiny village of El Palmar. His dad and grandfather were keen participants - his father was even a director at a local tennis academy - so Alcaraz and his two brothers had no choice but to play what was supposed to be the sport for them.

Carlos Alcaraz is expected to win the US Open final, but Rafael Nadal is a favorite to win the US Open final, but he may now go and replace Rafael Nadal

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 10, 2022
MIKE DICKSON OF NEW YORK: Alcaraz will be the US Open champion at 19, as he vaguely resembles Pete Sampras. Sampras is a musician who plays for the flute (the Californian managed 286 weeks) during the regular acquisition of Major titles. He has already won two ATP Masters 1000 events this year, Miami and Madrid, and in the latter he defeated Nadal and Djokovic on a separate basis. It would be very different from Emma Raducanu, a teen who won a singles title a year ago. Ons Jabeur or Iga Swiatek, whichever Ons Jabeur or Iga Swiatek, was deemed contaminated by her replacement on Saturday night.

The US Open is a newspaper in the United States. Carlos Alcaraz edges out a thriller from Jannik Sinner to advance to a semi-final match against Frances Tiafoe

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 8, 2022
Carlos Alcaraz saw off a stunning comeback to defeat Jannik Sinner in five sets and set up a US Open semi-final match against Frances Tiafoe. When Sinner recovered from a setdown to leave himself with a match point in the fourth, the teenage Spaniard, 19, was on the verge of losing. That was before Alcaraz changed the script on Arthur Ashe's spectacular return to win the fourth and securing the fifth 6-3 to force a showdown with Tiafoe in the last four.

Emma Raducanu's first-round US Open appearance must be reset and restarted to basics

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 31, 2022
MIKE DICKSON: The peak of her sponsored cap was pushed a long time ago to prevent the pain in her eyes. Despite her great showing from Alize Cornet's racket, she was still suffering, and it was hurting. Pete Sampras struggled to defend the US Open title he had won as a 19-year-old boy, and in a similar vein, he referred to it as having 'a monkey off my back.' We now know what happened next. The Californian returned to Grand Slams, winning his first Wimbledon appearance, three summers later, and by the time he was finished, he had collected fourteen Majors. After losing 6-3 6-3, Raducanu used parallel words. Sampras is not the same as she was expected, but she should not be concerned. Serena Williams took an equivalent length of time before following up on her first big breakthrough.

Serena Williams is expected to retire, but American tennis is a BRIGHT future!

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 27, 2022
NATHAN SALT: Whatever happens, whether it's round one or the final, this will be the Serena Williams farewell tour the US Open has always be a winner. A pantheon of the sport and one of America's top athletes will be honoured for her contributions, but it will also be tingled with sadness. Since winning her first gong in New York in 1999, American tennis has been able to hang on her 23 Grand Slam singles titles. However, the baton has always passed on, and although nobody in tennis circles believes any of the current crop will live up to Serena's record - don't be fooled that US tennis will now sleepwalk into the shadows. Far from it.