Pete Sampras still has it

Watched the Pete Sampras/Roger Federer match last night. It was sold out at Madison Square garden but I watched it from the Jane Pickens Theater in Newport, RI. It was sponsored by the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport as well. Lots of people went. They even had good old liquor to loosen you up. (None for me thanks) As I was looking around the theater I thought i might have been the youngest one there but alas the younger crowd finally made there way in. People were cheering along with the crowd at the Garden but some people i think thought that Sampras or Federer could actually hear them the way they were carrying on in the theater. The ticket said 7 pm so my friend and I get there right before then and had to sit through 2 showings of the Golden Anniversary of the Tennis Hall of Fame induction & gala at the Breakers. Seeing Bud Collins once is enough. The guy a few seats down from me kept yelling, "play tennis" I'm not sure if he realized he was yelling at the Tennis Channel or he actually thought he was in the Garden. Needeless to say, the match was great and Sampras can still play. Federer lost his way in the 3rd set and almost lost the match but his ability to serve aces when he's down and crawl back out of trouble is so amazing. Even though i was hoping for Pete to win, deep down I thought Roger would pull it off and he did. I hope Sampras keeps playing till he can no longer stand.