Tennis: Sampras beats Rafter to set up Agassi clash

Pete Sampras beat Pat Rafter to set up a quarter-final clash with Andre Agassi in the US Open at Flushing Meadows.

Tue, 04 Sep, 2001 - 07:13

Pete Sampras beat Pat Rafter to set up a quarter-final clash with Andre Agassi in the US Open at Flushing Meadows.

Sampras beat the number six seed 6-3 6-2 6-7 6-4 in a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium.

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