Federer Trains With Sampras

The world's number one Roger Federer revealed that he had visited Sampras in Los Angeles and trained with him.

On the eve of the Indian Wells Tournament, Roger Federer revealed that he had spent time in Los Angeles, where he had trained with Pete Sampras, who had won Wimbledon seven times and is one of the best tennis players in history. Even though it was only a training, there were some competitive sparks flying.

- He is in a surprisingly good shape, but this was not enough for him to take me on. I was curious to see how good he was because he was my idol when I was growing up. When I defeated him at Wimbledon, it was special for me and now I wanted to do the same on his ground, said Federer.

The two great tennis players only met once, on the "holy" grass in Wimbledon, where Federer defeated Sampras in five sets. However, this was way back in 2001. Federer currently has 41 successive wins under his belt and has won the last three grand slams, which has made Sampras concede that his records would soon be broken. Federer remained a gentleman and complimented the man who had dominated the world of tennis just as Federer is now.

- Playing with him is excellent because he still hits very well. It would be nice if we played an exhibition match in the future, but we still have to see about that, said Federer.

Whichever way it goes, if the two played this match, the audience would definitely be asking for an extra ticket.