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...case you missed it, Pete played a man named Alex Corretja in the quarterfinals. Corretja isn't exactly a household name, but he just happened to play the best match of his life. Corretja went up two sets to one behind the strength of a rocketing forehand. Pete battled through the draining heat to win the fourth set and then the match...
...nutshell, Pete had nothing left. He was dehydrated and having stomach problems. The television audience could see the indigestion welling up as the set wore on. Sampras was supporting himself on his racket, slouching even more than usual. However, Pete hung tough and Corretja could not break serve. This forced a fifth-set tiebreaker...
Serving at 6-7 down--a match point against him--Sampras serve-and-volleyed, a surprising strategy for someone barely mobile. When Pete stretched impossibly far to volley a cross-court passing shot from Corretja for a winner, the place erupted...
...serve landed out, which on the one hand did not allow Corretja to hit it for an easy winner, and prolonged the match which was now difficult to watch Pete looked...
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