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Anyone tired of watching this service motion?
I can’t speak for everyone on Tennisplayer, but speaking for myself, I have yet to tire of watching the great Pete Sampras play–especially watching him hit that wonderful, silky bomb we call his serve.
Recently we had the chance to film Pete again, playing an exhibition with Sam Querry at the Tiburon Peninsula Club in Marin County, California, just over the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. It was a tremendous event organized by our friends on the tennis staff at TPC, Steve Jackson and Brandon Coupe (both Tennisplayer subscribers).
Read on to find out more about the event and what and how we filmed. But if you just can’t wait to read the analysis of Pete’s serve, skip down about 6 or 7 paragraphs to the "Analysis" subhead below.
Over the weekend at TPC, there was a college alumni competition featuring players including Roscoe Tanner, Paul Goldstein, Scott Davis, Justin Gimelstob, Eric Taino and other former collegiate stars, some going back a few decades.
Then Sunday afternoon Pete showed up to provide a final burst of star power. Over 2,000 people watched as he and Sam split the first two sets and…