An Evening With Pistol Pete

Thomas and I spent our Monday evening this week watching Pete Sampras! We found some great tickets to attend the SAP Open in San Jose, and took off after work to see Pete play in an exhibition match to kick off the tournament. Pete started the evening warming up against Andy Roddick, so we were excited to get to see another star too.

Pete was scheduled to play James Blake, but Blake had to withdraw from the match due to an injury he sustained in his doubles match earlier in the day. Tommy Haas stepped in to play Pete at the last minute and was just a complete class act! We had a great evening seeing some world class tennis - Pete's serve was still regularly more than 120 miles per hour, and he had his fair share of aces. Tommy pulled off the win in a third set tiebreak, but not before Pete had totally charmed the crowd with his antics.

Andy Roddick warming up:

Pete steps out of his shoe on match point!:

Tournament decor: