krajicek sampras 96part3

[@aleksthegreat4130]

Well done Richard,he was the only one to have beaten Pete in 8 years,1993-2001,quite a achievement,well deserved.

[@menon_ji4984]

He deserved that Wimbledon in 1996.

[@cretekastos6903]

@@menon_ji4984 - he did indeed. Once he beat Pete it was like he became Pete; as in that aura of dominance that Pete exuded during his Wimbledon reign emanated from Krajicek for the remainder of the tournament. Poor Washington never stood a chance.

[@artimuoseejrehkum9577]

Krajicek on his day could destroy anybody.....

[@capricornmagic63]

He just didn't have enough days that were his

[@airkuna]

@@capricornmagic63 :D

[@cretekastos6903]

@@capricornmagic63 - He didn't due to having a lot of knee injuries.

[@robertkirya3006]

The day Sampras faced a taste of his own medicine.

[@pareshmokani]

I was a Sampras fan and I had ominous feeling seeing Richard play so good. In fact, Richard carried his style of big serve even after retirement. I saw him in India somewhere in 2004. But even than he was so good. Imagine in prime!

[@wouternieminen844]

If his backhand was always like in this match, and he was not so prone to injuries, Krajicek would probably have won way more grand-slams. And would probably be number 1 during parts of his career. Great player.

[@cretekastos6903]

I agree.

[@spirg]

If

[@wouternieminen844]

@@spirg if.

[@drugstoremarc2]

Krajicek smoked Pistol Pete here. He really should have won more majors, but he got injured. I've always enjoyed watching him play

[@menon_ji4984]

His serve was one of the most powerful serves and he really had an all-round game unlike many S-V players back then

[@airkuna]

@@menon_ji4984 who's s v?

[@menon_ji4984]

@@airkuna S-V serve and volley

[@airkuna]

he didn't "smoke" sampras..you could say when someone beats someone like 6-1 6-0.....

[@airkuna]

@@menon_ji4984 oh i see..but he didn't really have a very good all -round game....

[@russellthompson9271]

I was watching this. I was shocked. The seemingly unbeatable Sampras was totally outplayed by who he described as a 'hot player'. I HATED Sampras before. My idol was Boris Becker. But in 1997 I started seeing his genius. But by God did Sampras make up for this loss in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000!!!!!

[@quakeranger]

Same here, Boris Becker was my inspiration for playing tennis. At Wimbledon, the shocking 2nd round lost in 1987, and two finals to S. Edberg and one to M. Stich really hurts me. But all the matches Becker played and lost to Sampras, I can accept. Sampras played really impressive in that era.

[@allthekingshorses7178]

Krajicek dialed it in this tournament, he was just on fire and could do no wrong

[@airkuna]

Fuck off with your non existing God..

[@cretekastos6903]

@@airkuna - show us all on the doll were Krajicek hurt you.

[@airkuna]

@@cretekastos6903 what? i didn't say krajicek hurt me? what nonsense are you talking? :O

[@airkuna]

5:31. That Sampras backhand was way in!!! I watched it in SLOW mo too!!!

[@darrendunn134]

My favourite plater big Richard k🧡🇳🇱

[@plasqar]

man it was headed for a krajicek becker final...that would have been explosive....

[@stickaround7990]

Gutted Becker never made it due to freak wrist injury in 3rd round against Godwin. Would have been an amazing final either way

[@cretekastos6903]

@@stickaround7990 - Boris was in stunning form that year as well.

[@roxannejanisewski894]

Krajicek in this match is the best anyone has ever played tennis. He absolutely destroyed Sampras

[@airkuna]

"destroying" is far from this.

[@roxannejanisewski894]

@@airkuna Sampras didn't even win a set.

[@airkuna]

@@roxannejanisewski894 u can say "destroy" someone if for example someone beats someone 6-1,6-0 or something like that...

[@airkuna]

and this " is the best anyone has ever played tennis" -- c'mon man :DDDDDDDDD don't be ridiculous.....

[@roxannejanisewski894]

@@airkuna It is considered destroyed if you do not even win a Set as the favorite. Also, there were many games Sampras lost where he barely even won a single point.

[@bwaters735]

gotta love the baggy 90's fashion.

[@pradeepkumar-vm5ue]

such good player of grass court , Richard,should have won more matches. Hard luck for him. Because the competition was very stiff . Great wimbledon champions were around , 7 champions and 10 french open champions . Now a days only one Federer, one Nadal and one Jokovich and murray and half of them are under injuries. sad for tennis world. Records are easily broken now a days due to poor opposition.Rivalry of Agassi- sampras, Goran-Agassi-Sampras-Courier , Richrd Kracekh-sampras, Borg-Connors , Borg-Mckenroe , Chang-sampras are missing.

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

I agree about Krajicek winning more. Injuries seemed to derail his career but he was unbelievably talented. He was on fire during this tournament, and ANYONE that straight sets Pete Sampras on centre court of Wimbledon is a player. Atleast he had his one moment though. Tough to do in an era with so many great champions.

[@sanderdeschepper9650]

Richard Krajicek... held!

[@ikke2828]

Strange.....I cannot find the final match

[@srinithyamanavalagan1918]

Both players my favourite

[@drbarx]

Bad call for Sampras at break point 5:5 probably cost him the set and quite possibly the match. Purely hypothetical, but had it been called good he'd have served out the set and could easily have turned the match around.

[@willritter4076]

Krajicek was the one guy on the tour who owned Sampras. What's weird is that Krajicek himself was owned by his fellow huge servers Ivanisevic and Rusedski... both of whom were Sampras's pigeons.

[@farid1406]

6-4 isn't really ownage...and in this was the tourney right after Pete lost his coach

[@wouternieminen844]

Very true!

[@willritter4076]

Farid Damasio Krajicek had a 6-2 head-to-head over Sampras during Sampras's best years, AND Rich was 4 set points away from going up 2 sets to love against Sampras at the '00 US Open... Rich somehow blew that match which would have asserted his TOTAL dominance and he let Sampras get some late-career revenge, but nonetheless we can still say that Rich owned Sampras to a level that no one else did.

[@animanga9597]

@@willritter4076 lets get two things straight 1-1 in slams is not owning anyone. pete outplayed him at the us open it has always been up to pete whether he wins or loses. hes the best that ever held a racket.

[@willritter4076]

Alex Tomlinson no... at his peak on a fast court, Krajickek's serve & volley was untouchable, he just didn't peak very often. And obviously, Sampras doesn't come anywhere near Nadal or Djokovic, let alone the undisputed GOAT Roger.

[@RESPONDI433]

A case Of Like v Like ! And if he hit his Aces Richard could destroy ! 6:10 Fine Margins ! If he gets faults, Sampras wins !

[@denniskrajicek2058]

Y name Dennis Krajicek and proud to be a Krajicek

[@denniskrajicek2058]

Richard Krajicek is my cuz handsome man so am I

[@spirg]

Pete took a year off

[@denniskrajicek2058]

His serve 134 miles an hour

[@nastaseis1261]

the problem now is the players don't have a choice between serve and volley or baselining , due to the new equipment i.e. strings and racquets, no one serves and volleys. Give me wood racquet tennis any day

[@niceguy1774]

Okay, Boomer. That's not a "problem". Guys who depend on their serves have access to that same technology. It's also a shot where you lightly toss the ball to yourself and your opponent has no say.

[@fundhund62]

No problem serve and volleying in today´s game. The issue is not the equipment, but the players, who simply suck at the net. Even the best (Nadal, Federer) are mediocre volleyers at best.

[@nastaseis1261]

@@fundhund62 Cressy riding to the rescue!

[@fundhund62]

@@nastaseis1261 Lol

[@nastaseis1261]

@@fundhund62 Beat Isner and Bublik at Newport serving and volleying on grass to win the title!!. Took out Sock in DC tonight. Watching endless baseline grinding is very boring. Serve and volley like Sampras and Rafter, those were Cressy's heroes growing up

[@bmaze35640]

3:02 Cyclops

[@niceguy1774]

Agassi could be stronger mentally, and grind-out wins against Sampras, but not in the style of Richard K and Safin, who both overpowered him and made a great look like a kid playing giants.

[@martinhudecek8886]

But sampras did beat safin and krajicek in some convincing fashion and ended with 14 majors to their total tally of 3. Far less injuries at his height also

[@niceguy1774]

Why does all this pop up when I type in the Final to watch Washington get destroyed? Why does "Grand Slam Tennis" post videos of Washington's other matches, but disable the comments?

[@denniskrajicek2058]

My cuz won Wimbledon in 96

[@denniskrajicek2058]

Watch Krajicek beat Agassi

[@airkuna]

who won this match? we don't know, we can't see the end in this video.

[@robertkirya3006]

Krajicek won.

[@airkuna]

@@robertkirya3006 no

[@ripperduck]

This was the time Wimbledon was horrible. Nothing but serves...

[@Raj-65536]

This was the time I enjoyed tennis the most watching my all time favourite pistol pete shooting aces.. no one has such a beautiful and stylish serve action

[@cretekastos6903]

ripperduck is clueless about Tennis.

[@fundhund62]

It´s kinda true. Serve and volley tennis on grass can be very beautiful (Becker-Edberg, Cash, McEnroe, Leconte), but if it´s JUST the serves, something has gone wrong. I still maintain that Sampras never was a particularly good volleyer. He was a great server, who could volley competently.

[@novjose]

This is how boring tennis was in the 90s.. average rally length 1.5 strokes.. no racquet sport is meant to be played with average rally length of 1.5 strokes..

[@frankmclain3634]

It's actually smart. Pete was smart enough to be efficient not slug it out every point. He'd beat Federer in his prime as well

[@1611-h8x]

@@frankmclain3634 does not know much about tennis... well sport rather..

[@frankmclain3634]

Yes I do. Just not a prisoner of the moment like you

[@frankmclain3634]

I can also play tennis very well myself. You're probably fat and lazy

[@russellthompson9271]

You're a dickhead. 90's tennis was exciting. Today it is smug and dull as FUCK!!

[@josephalphonse9494]

Men's tennis in the 90s was horrible. Littered with aces, double faults and unforced errors! Preferred to watch women's tennis during that time. How things have changed since then?

[@miotubo839]

Changed for the worst. Baseline robots with no finesse, no clues how to hit a proper volley, endless baseline groundstroke bashing, only 2-3 players capable of winning it all, infinite boredom.

[@frankmclain3634]

Tennis was great back then. Pete would smoke Federer. No player had the dynamic serve Pete had and that's why he is the greatest. Wake up

[@spirg]

Joseph Alphonse you’re not over burdened with tennis knowledge , are you ....

[@MM-dm4xj]

Bollocks it was better than todays Boring endless rallies

[@cretekastos6903]

You're clueless Joseph.