October 30, 2010
By Leigh Sanders
Juan Martin del Potro, Tommy Haas and James Blake have added their names to the list of confirmed stars for the 2011 SAP Open in Northern California. World No. 7 Fernando Verdasco, No. 15 Gael Monfils and current US sweetheart Mardy Fish are already confirmed as are Aussie pantomime villain Lleyton Hewitt, Sam Querrey and Japanese No. 1 Kei Nishikori.
It has also been confirmed that two-time SAP Open winner Pete Sampras will return to play a special one-off singles exhibition against Monfils. "We are thrilled to welcome James Blake, Tommy Haas, Juan Martin del Potro and Pete Sampras back to the 2011 SAP Open," said Tournament Director Bill Rapp. "Each of these players has had a tremendous amount of success here in San Jose and we look forward to having them back in the Bay Area."
November 11, 2010
Agassi and Sampras will play an exhibition game in Buenos Aires
Tennis legends Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras will play an exhibition game in Buenos Aires on December 16. The Americans, living history of tennis, will play on hard court in Tigre, at a stadium built especially for the occasion.
It will be the first time of "Pistol" Pete in Argentina, while Agassi was here in the Davis Cup in 1988. The long-awaited event will be presented this afternoon at Hotel Panamericano.
The clashes between Agassi and Sampras were classic tennis matches in the 90's and part of 2000.
Sampras was the biggest winner in 34 games, obtaining 20. Agassi was always the most charismatic and knew how to beat Sampras in Grand Slam major encounters.