Pete Sampras vs Sergi Bruguera 1996 Roland Garros R2 Highlights

Unfortunately pete couldnt win french open 🤔

But still he played well on clay courts !!!

A packed stadium for a 2nd round is impressive...people probably knew Pete could go out at any point at RG.

Sampras, quel beau champion!

Sampras's best run at the French open by far. Beating the likes of Courier and Bruguera on clay in other years might have given him the title, but it left him exhausted. I'm not sure many people expected him to beat Bruguera here on clay - Bruguera also being one of the players who had a winning head to head against him.

Sampras style is not suitable for the slow court so he couldn't get the title at RG.

Pete’s craziness on clay means he could never be in GOAT debate. He was too impatient and didn’t adapt his game. But nice to see he could occasionally pull off an upset.

Sampras in 96 was virtually unbeatable. This is a moral victory for the grasscourt stud. The dirt was never in the cards for him.

Sampras very impressive here on clay..Not winning RG that year only proves how difficult opposition was in those years and how great he was winning other slams!

That back hand of samras was super weak on clay ... even i could beat him on that day

1st & 2nd set = 1 hour of pure Aussie 60's style from Sampras vs a double FO champion
So classic technic, 2 strokes max to finish the point, most of the time to the net or with his 100 % flat forehand, a true dream style of play

Pete had the most beautiful yet the most aggresive and attacking game ever.❤️❤️❤️

it was a very dry dry year , that year in Paris, which favored petes attacking game , still, after 26 years, hard to believe he beat a 2 time champ there.

Why didn't he play like this against Kafelnikov ?

Pete has never won the french open, but he beat both Bruguera & Courier (double champion each) in 5 sets. In these conditions, dry & very sunny, he could beat anybody by serving and volleying this way. At his best, his game was a delight to watch. We would need more Pete on the 2022 ATP tour...

What a forehand

Sampras was one of the most skilled, but poorly conditioned Champions in all of sport.

his volley was so beautiful！ even on clay court

If Pete Sampras would serve 1st Service close to 70% , he would give only 1 break point (worst case 2 break point) in the entire match.
Pete Sampras service was accurate in later part of set.
Prime Sampras would have stopped Federer, Djokovic & Nadal to less than 8 Grand slams like he did to Courier, Agassi, Becker etc.

I think Sampras was the best ever. Unfashionable, I know.

Samprass best player ever. So simlple and attac tennis. Serv and volley.

Sampras best player to watch. Pure class. No bully, simply tennis. No screaming and acting.

He could’ve won this tournament with a different racquet

The fact that Pete Sampras - a serve-&-volley specialist who had a clay-court record of 90-54 (62.5%) and significantly his weakest surface - was abe to beat a two-time Roland Garros champion Brugeura in five sets (e.g. to eliminate the possibility that Bruguera had an off-day and lost in straight-sets) really shows you how good Sampras and how strong that era was.

10年以上前のラケットを使わずに最新の使えよ おそらく フレンチオープン 取れてる

Sampras was a true gentleman on court. See his shorts here. He would not even bother the other player's momentum by taking a bathroom break. He just goes on court not worrying how it looked with his shorts and all.

Pete sampras, asi como era invencible cuando realmente se lo proponia, de igual manera regalaba los partidos y no luchaba, cuando su mente se negaba, esa es la verdad, no es justificacion para sampras, lo que se ve no se juzga ni se niega

The funny thing is that If Roger had Pete's serve, he probably doesn't become such a pigeon to Nadal. Federer had better ground game than Pete but he didn't have a serve ( his serve was still great) that could give him automatic free points.

Para mim foi uma delícia ver Pete Sampras jogar. Puro talento e classe. Juntamente com Stefan Edberg e Roger Federer, foram os jogadores mais talentosos e que melhor jogaram num court de tênis. É claro que depois vêem os resultadistas a dizer que o melhor é o que tem mais grand slams e isto e mais aquilo. Mas eu prefiro ver um grande jogador e que tenha classe pura a um que jogue com potência e físico. Hoje em dia os jogadores á parte de 2 ou 3 não têm jogo de rede e passam a vida a correr de um lado para o outro no court. Não há criatividade. Essa é que é a verdade. Jogam com o fisico e pouco mais.

Pete had a great tournament but he arrived in the semifinals absolutely exhausted and against Kafelnikov he only lasted one set competitively. By the way, this was a great match between two of my favorite players with totally opposite styles.❤️

Pete's best win on clay. against prime Bruguera (1993 - 1997 in Paris: Win, Win, Semifinal, lost to Pete in 2nd round, Final)

Awesome smile he has! As beautiful as his serve

Damn fine tennis Pete really had to play well to beat Bruguera on clay and man, these points are so fun to watch both players make so many good shots!

Sampras serve and volley..

Sampras playing in his pajamas

Pete简直就是神

Between 93 and 97 only one man beat Bruguera at RG before the semis, and that was Pete in this match.

Que Bruguera ganará tantos Rolando Garros me parece inconcebible. Le tocó una época débil, sin grandes rivales.