European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 09, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Pete Sampras advances past Byron Black to the semis where he will meet.,. Jim courier who also Hopes to reach sunday s final against. Boris Becker or Andre Agassi who face off today in the other semifinal. Pete Sampras looks so Strong now stretching for the Power serve dominating Little Guys like Byron Black thursday s opponent in the men s quarterfinals. He looks so finely tuned gliding Side to Side almost effortlessly for a running forehand passing shot or a backhand Cross court Winner. This . Open appears to be within his grasp just two matches away after he punished Black 7-6 7-36-4, 6-0 while serving 22 aces including the final one on match Point at 128 Mph. Sampras thus moves into today s semifinal against Jim courier who battled past Michael Chang 7-6 7-57-6 7-37-5 thursday night. The Sampras courier Winner gets a sunday title match against either Andre Agassi or Boris Becker. Agassi is. Becker the other Semi today is a rematch of their Wimbledon semifinal which Becker won. Sampras beat Becker in that Wimbledon final for his third straight title at the All England club. Suddenly he has become a commercial Star in to commercials paired with Andre Agassi. His Arch rival blasting Tennis balls on the streets of san Francisco and with John Mcenroe who is. Seen trying to teach him How. To be a Little More obnoxious on court. / and when you travel to the . Open by subway in new York you come face to face with Sampras the Macho Man but As it turns out the Macho part May just be papier mache. Posters stretched along the inside of subway cars quote him As saying the great thing about new York is that there Are so Many things for my opponents to do after i beat and on another Tennis is in my blood. If you Cut me open you la find Little furry yellow the whole thing left Sampras a Little speechless. Has he Ridden the new York subway and seen the posters no Are you crazy and when asked about the hem Globins he looked mystified. Are you speaking English or German English he was told. Sandra Mckee Baltimore Sun wow he said. Is it a direct quote no it s not a direct quote he said. I would to could t think of something so thursday he was asked if he is now aware of the ads and whether he gave approval of what was said in them or whether Nike did whatever it wanted Sampras widened his eyes and took the easy Way out. Yes he said grinning. On the Eurt Over these last 12 Days Sampras has been Macho All the Way. He is the no. 2 seed and though australian Mark Philippoussi forced him into one four set match he has not really been in danger of losing. The hard court in t taking a toll Sampras feel like i am pretty fit. R there is always something a Little sore every now and again Burat this Point in the tournament you can t worry about it. Last Cui i Hurt my ankle after Wimbledon and after playing cup in Holland i did t play the whole summer. I came Here just not in great shape not in great Tennis shape and i paid the Price against Yznaga but this year i thought i had a pretty Good summer and i feel a lot More prepared than i was last and this year he seems determined to make everyone else pay the Price thursday feisty Black made Little impression. His serve and the wind which billowed around the stadium and made conditions in Sampras words brutal could not change the outcome. I did a pretty Good Job concentrating considering the conditions Sampras said. And then i just picked up my serve and my whole game kind of just came behind it. You know you Don t want to relax at this Point. I mean this is the . and Pete Sampras is just one match away from a championship showdown. September 9-15, 1995 beyond the game Page 3
