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SUNDAY'S RESULTS |
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GREAT DAY FOR RAFTER
Rafter rallied and went on to win the Great American Insurance ATP Championship title in an often thrilling, sometimes tense match.
Bests, worsts, and a class act
Rafter: Can he make it there?
Sampras' No. 1 goal: U.S. Open
Notebook: Rafter puts ball boy in spotlight
Paul Daugherty columm:
Drop that sushi! Pete's getting mad!
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Singles final
Patrick Rafter d.
Pete Sampras
1-6, 7-6, 6-4
Doubles final
Knowles-Nestor d.
Delaitre-Santoro
6-1, 2-1 (retired)
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• ABOUT THE ATP |
HOTTEST VS. BEST
Patrick Rafter is the world's hottest player. But can he break an eight-match losing streak against Pete Sampras, the world's best player?
LARSSON GOES FOR SAMPRAS SLAM
Beat Pete Sampras? Magnus Larsson has done it before. In fact, he has done it three consecutive times.
RAFTER SURVIVES TEST
The 1997 U.S. Open champion, who hasn't lost in two weeks, continued on a roll Thursday night.
AGASSI EATS HIS WORDS
Vince Spadea, dubbed "a classic journeyman" by Andre Agassi, arrived Wednesday night.
ONE AND DONE FOR RIOS
Marcelo Rios' new reign as the world's No. 1 tennis player got off to a rocky start Tuesday night.
AGASSI TALKS TENNIS, BROOKE
The Enquirer's Michael Perry asks him about the past two seasons and how his life has changed.
COURTS CLEARED FOR MAIN EVENT
All the preliminaries are over. The main draw for the 1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championship begins today.
JENSENS JAZZ UP TENNIS
When it comes to drawing a crowd at the ATP, Luke and Murphy Jensen are in a league of their own.
SAMPRAS, AGASSI SHARE QUARTERS
The popular stars, who have combined to win the last three ATP titles, ended up in the same quarterfinal bracket after Friday's draw.
HERO TODAY, GONE TOMORROW
Don't call it a jinx or a hex, but every winner of the Great American Insurance ATP Championship in the last decade has struck out at Flushing Meadows.
SAMPRAS FEELS LIKE A MARKED MAN
Now he will play three straight weeks -- Toronto, Cincinnati, New Haven, Conn. -- on hardcourts before heading to the U.S. Open.
AN ALL-AMERICAN TALENT ON THE RISE
Jan-Michael Gambill is 21, loves to watch cartoons, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Star Trek, is named after a 1970s actor. Got the picture?
SENIOR'S FIELD HERE IS SEPARATE
The event is not part of the ATP-sanctioned Nuveen Senior Tour, which thrives on long-time tennis greats like McEnroe, Connors and Borg.
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FAB FIVE
From Agassi to Sampras, these five should excited spectators, and competitors as well.
TWO NEW COURTS AMONG '98 CHANGES
Every year brings new changes to the ATP Tennis Center in Mason, but every year the goal is the same: pleasing the players and the fans.
FIELD AT A GLANCE
A Who's Who list of players you're sure to see at the tourney's main draw.
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WHERE: The ATP Tennis Center in Mason, just off I-71
WHEN: Aug. 6-16
PRIZE MONEY: $2.45 million
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