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He attended regular services of the greek orthodox church on sundays. I witnessed some of the highlightshis recordbreaking th grand slam title at wimbledon in 2000, his 14th grand slam title and triumphant exit from professional tennis at. Pete sampras was the youngest male player to win the us open and holds 64 top level singles titles and two doubles. A champion s mind talks about the mindset of pete sampras, a great tennis player.
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Throughout my career, my mind rarely wandered, and i was never sidetracked by distractions, no matter what i was going through off the court. A few years ago, the idea of writing my autobiography would have seemed a waste of time to me. Pete sampras born august 12, 1971 is an american former professional tennis player. Jun 07, 2008 boris becker, stefan edberg and pete sampras explain why they had a hard time at the french open duration.
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