Tennis
Agassi, Sampras rivalry still makes news
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-03-15 15:07
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INDIAN WELLS, California - An exchange between Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras during a charity match has captured the attention of the British newspapers and the blogosphere.
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 Roger Federer of Switzerland (R) and Pete Sampras of the US (L) smile together on the court as they play against Andre Agassi of the US and Rafael Nadal of Spain during their doubles exhibition doubles in the Hit for Haiti fund raiser event at the Indian Wells WTA and ATP tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, March 12, 2010. [Agencies]
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The Sun and The Guardian newspapers both had headlines touting the verbal volleys the two former tennis champions and rivals took at each other Friday night. Sports blog Deadspin and The Huffington Post also ran stories about it.
The players were wearing headset microphones so the crowd could hear them talking.
At one point Sampras mimicked Agassi's pigeon-toed walk.
Agassi, in turn, chided Sampras for being stingy. In his book, published late last year, Agassi criticized Sampras for being a poor tipper.
Sampras then served high and hard, forcing Agassi to duck out of the way. The crowd laughed throughout and both retired players wore big smiles.
Neither showed up at the post-match news conference.
Nadal said he thought Sampras and Agassi were just trying to have fun with the crowd and he didn't sense any real hostility.
