The Clash of Times was a tennis exhibition match between Roger Federer and Pete Sampras which took place on 22 November 2007 at Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam, in Kuala Lumpur. Roger won the match by 7/6(6) 7/6(5).
The Clash of Times (Roger Federer vs Pete Sampras)
The Clash of Times was a tennis exhibition match between
Roger Federer
Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, in ...
and
Pete Sampras
Petros "Pete" Sampras ( el, Πέτρος Σάμπρας; born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating longtime rival Andre ...
which took place on 22 November 2007 at Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam, in
Kuala Lumpur
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as part of Malaysia's 50th anniversary of independence (it was a part of Inaugural Merdeka Tennis Challenge).
Roger won a close match 7/6(6) 7/6(5).
The “one of a kind” Malaysia Independence Tennis Festival featured three major events:
The first was a challenge match between
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis ...
against French top player and Wimbledon semi-finalist
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances ...
.
The “center piece” being the Clash of Times challenge match between Roger Federer and Pete Sampras, as well as an ATP Challenger Series tournament – the Malaysia Open.
The Schedule was as follows:
Clash of Titans – Rafael Nadal vs Richard Gasquet (best of 3 sets)
Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2007,
Venue: Malawati Stadium, Shah Alam
Time: 8pm to 10pmClash of Times – Pete Sampras vs Roger Federer (best of 3 sets)
Date: Thursday, November 22, 2007,
Venue: Malawati Stadium, Shah Alam
Time: 8pm to 10pm
Event: Malaysia Open – ATP Challenger Series Tournament
Date: November 17–25, 2007
Format: Men's Singles and Doubles
Venue: National Tennis Centre, Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur
Time: 10am to 10pm
External links
sportspotter.com
References
Malaysia Independence Tennis Festival - sportmalaysia.net{dead link, date=August 2017 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes
The clash of legends: Sampras vs. Federer - digital journalFederer Edges Sampras In Classic "Clash Of Times" - bernama.com
2007 in Malaysia
Exhibition tennis tournaments