Coming into the 2001 Championships Pete Sampras was a seven times Wimbledon champion. He had dominated the Centre Court for almost a decade and his powerful, athletic tennis had lifted the sport into new realms. The 29-year-old American was no longer at the peak of his game but, ranked six, he was still the favourite to win an unprecedented eighth Wimbledon title. But, in the round of sixteen, he met a 19-year-old Swiss who had ambitions of his own. Roger Federer was a Junior Wimbledon champion and his two subsequent main draw performances had ended in first round defeat. On 2nd July 2001, the fourth round match was not only Federer's Centre Court debut, but it was his first meeting with Sampras on the most famous tennis court in the world...
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