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Article: SAMPRAS SWAGGERS IN OPENER EMERSON'S GRAND SLAM MARK HIS GOAL.(Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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He was dressed all in white, but that was no country-club gentleman out there on the Stadium Court at the U.S. Open. Pete Sampras was a tennis dude with attitude as he started his quest for Grand Slam history.
Showing a little more of his top-ranked game with each changeover, Sampras swaggered into the second round yesterday, tossing aside the big serves of Marc Goellner for a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory.
Black was the color of the night on the main court. Monica Seles, wearing a black dress to mourn this spring's death of her father, outslugged Florencia Labat of Argentina 7-6 (7-0), 6-2.
This wasn't the best Sampras, the one who took Wimbledon for ...