Tennis: Sampras crashes out in Miami

Defending champion Pete Sampras was blasted out of the Masters Series event in Miami by American teenager Andy Roddick.

Tennis: Sampras crashes out in Miami
Sun, 25 Mar, 2001 - 23:33

Defending champion Pete Sampras was blasted out of the Masters Series event in Miami by American teenager Andy Roddick.

Eighteen-year-old Roddick was included in Patrick McEnroe's first American Davis Cup squad, but had not previously backed up the hype surrounding him by beating a big-name player.

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