Sampras satisfied after surprise win

Pete Sampras admitted he was happy just to be competitive after sealing a surprise victory over world number one Roger Federer in the final match of their three-game exhibition tour in Macau.

Federer won the pair’s only competitive meeting in the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2001 and had already recorded a comfortable 6-4 6-3 victory in Seoul on Tuesday and a slightly more testing 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) triumph in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.