I remember when Hewitt used stare down and fiddle with the strings of his racquet when awaiting serve. I always found that annoying.

Roddick had a 2-1 record against Sampras. Had him here and at the Houston clay court finals. Then Sampras destroyed him at the 02 US Open, but Roddick was hurt in that match.

Mate, he even said i think on his podcast he didnt know how to hit a backhand until 2007. jimmy connors had to show him how to hit it lol

Henman is lucky to have faced a preprime Nadal. Henman would get spank by top 30 players like Khachanov.

This is young nadal. Still beat henman.

@@inwpakd5740 But Henman was part of the most competitive era of tennis, which featured legends like Roddick, Safin, and Hewitt! These guys today don't hold a candle to those guys from 2003-2006!

@@bradleydavis9502 sure.... lol. ADM is better than Hewitt, tells you everything.

@@TheRafaelBondWho is ADM?

They would both beat some current top players as well. They would be right in the mix.

And he would rush the net on questionable approach shots and would be out of position at the net.

​@@EndoftheTownProductions his net game was quite poor for a big server. Not too different from Zverev. At least Zverev relies more on his baseline game tho

Later in his career he got better, but you are right

After a while he overspun his forehand. He only had the big serve. He should have kept Gilbert as coach.

Stopped hitting hard, later in his career

Rallies are not mandatory

Crazy to think that. I know Pete was dealing with injuries but more mentally checked out. So glad he ended his career the way he did

​@@rs8247 i was hoping Djokovic would do the same after the olympics but i think he intends on playing until he gets nutted on by young ones every week.

Pick any year and you would be right about it being a year you didn't win a title...

2001 was a phenomenal year in Tennis. It marked the changing of the guard and ushered in a new era. Today's game has raised the level, but it's nowhere near as exciting.

@@kazamshah4543 Talent and play caliber wise the early oughts was considered one of the lowest points in tennis, post prime Sampras and pre prime Federer... Meddling players like Roddick, Hewit, Rafter etc all capitalized on the lul before the changing of the gaurd and they never won again once the competition started up with Federer then the big 3 kicked in and only a couple players had a chance to take a slam from the big 3 oligopoly...

Not only that but in the time break a lot of mistakes and non calls against Sampras

Pistols are more accurate, consistent and usable in a fight :)

@@farid1406 14vs 1

Then Federer was going insanely down hill when he lost to Roddick in Montreal 2003 or was about to lose in Toronto 2004😂😂😂😂 Sampras played much better in this match than other matches he lost

Im a huge sampras fan too , that year 2001 was a diferent Pete , a vulnerable and without energy and motivation Pete.

@Luchon20082010 players have their day obviously federers situation was different but if you know much about Pete's career he even said he was loosing steam you can tell he was consistently not playing as confident throughout the year and started expressing he didn't have the drive that he used to. So your comment is just demonstrating your short minded ignorance.