Sampras and Agassi met, probably for the last time in a grand-slam final, at the US Open final yesterday. Watched the show 2nd set onwards and I'm glad I started late - my man Agassi was being brutally killed the first two sets. However, Andre brought the level of the game up a notch in the third set to send Sampras on a ball-hunt. For the entire match Sampras scored 33 aces while Agassi had ~6, which alone demonstrates where the match was really lost. Set 3 was taken by Agassi when he eventually broke Sampras' serve in his game 6. It was a remarkable event and even the crowd seems very partial in egging Agassi to work harder at it.

I was quite disappointed to see Agassi not take the fourth set and hence lose the match. Yet, what hurt most was Sampras' acceptance speech where he seemed to lose all modesty and simply said that he knew he was in a 'zone and once I realized that I was playing well, it was obvious that I would win' -- I wanted to go right thru' the 50 inch TV screen and smack him on the face. Self control - sometimes it's wise to practice it.

Heard Bhupati and Mirnyl got the men's doubles crown. Good for them. Would like Bhupati and Paes to get the gold in the Asian games at Busan now.