# Tonight: Andy Roddick or Pete Sampras? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-andy-roddick-or-pete-sampras/127128 "2002-09-05T13:28:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-andy-roddick-or-pete-sampras/127128/1 "2002-09-05T13:28:58Z")
I want Pete to, win but feel that Andy will. Then again, Pete has never lost a U.S. Open night match(he’s 19-0) ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-andy-roddick-or-pete-sampras/127128/2 "2002-09-06T11:46:11Z")
I’m going out on a limb here and saying Pete wins in 3 sets. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-andy-roddick-or-pete-sampras/127128/3 "2002-09-06T14:53:08Z")
Whomever wins has their work cut out for them: Sjeng Schalken (NL) is in the form of his life! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-andy-roddick-or-pete-sampras/127128/4 "2002-09-06T14:59:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Whomever wins has their work cut out for them: Sjeng Schalken (NL) is in the form of his life! \*\* I’d rather play him than Hewitt or Agassi. Looks like Pete will make it to the final and lose there for the third straight time. I hope he wins. What I’m really hoping for is an Agassi-Sampras final. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-andy-roddick-or-pete-sampras/127128/5 "2002-09-06T19:23:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \* > \*\*I’m going out on a limb here and saying Pete wins in 3 sets. 🙂 \*\* I’m going out on a limb here and saying \*\*PunditLisa[\b] will be deluged with requests for the us open final. ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-andy-roddick-or-pete-sampras/127128/6 "2002-09-07T21:13:52Z")
“What I’m really hoping for is an Agassi-Sampras final” Well you got it. It should be an amazing game. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-andy-roddick-or-pete-sampras/127128/7 "2002-09-08T00:04:54Z")
notcynical, not sure it was clear but I posted my reply the morning after the Roddick/Sampras match took place. 🙂 But let me test my ESP and say I’m going with Agassi in 4. Pete looked plum tuckered out after Schalken. Agassi just beat the #1 player in the world and he looked very strong. Plus it’s in the heat of the day and that is not Pete’s best time to play.