Korda was the player everyone was hoping to avoid in draw back then..regarding Sampras it all looks so simple but nobody can perform like him, one of the greatest ever!
Crazy to see how close this was to being a routine straight set win for Pete. In his prime in the mid 90's on a fast surface, you give him a 5-1 lead in a tiebreaker, good night.
Sampras' Simplicity of play(especially on grass) is unique. Serve, attack and volley. rinse. He won 97-00, what a streak this was back then. The umpire counted 6 sets at the end, just watch it again :)
Funny, because I was looking after this match today, being curious about biggest struggles in Sampras' Wimbledon dominance. Korda made hell of a comeback there... upset Sampras in USO 1997, and at AO 1998, we all know what happened.
At the 1998 AO Sampras lost to a Slovakian named Kucera. Not Korda. Korda's other big win over Sampras came a few years earlier at the Grand Slam Cup semi final 13-11 in the 5th. But in the h2h Samp leads 12-5 against Korda.
@@wreckingrich3788 I only meant Korda won AO 1998, so these matches against Sampras in 1997 could've been a huge confidence boost for him. I know he didn't face Sampras when winning the title.
@@rohan4872Yeah, definitely is. Considering his results, he could've been doping all the time during 1997 season as well. Maybe some previous years too.
Hello, thank you very much for Petr Korda, please don't you have the Australian Open 1998 as well. Also with Petr Korda, if you have the possibility to get into the IMG archive, please very much, of course according to your possibilities for the matches of Jana Novotná from 1998, I know they are there, but it is not possible to get there. Thank you very much in advance for your valuable time. Best regards Dominik :)
@@Samprasfan1987 Thank you very much for your answer and your time, please, and could you please contact someone who has access there, it would certainly be wonderful to see these beautiful matches in memory of Jana Novotna, because our Czech television does not have these matches in archives.
This is the Petr Korda Marcelo Rios Australian Open final, though it's a blowout in Korda's favor. He hit very well, and Rios never got into the match: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--gcgttS1K7o.html
@@thawedcavebear Hello, thank you very much for the warning, of course I know about this video, but please don't you yourself have some other matches from history. :)
@@Samprasfan1987 Hello, thank you very much for another beautiful tennis match and especially in the incredible quality of 1980x1080, please plan to include other beautiful matches in this quality. Thank you very much for everything and above all I wish you good health. Best regards Dominik :)
