Despite winning a record 13th Grand Slam title last year at Wimbledon, Sampras has failed recently to reproduce the consistent form which enabled him to dominate the sport in the 1990s. Sampras, who held the ATP's year-end world number one spot for a record six years from 1993 to 1998, has not won a tournament this season and has slipped from third in the ATP Champions Race rankings at the end of 2000 to 26th. I've been in that position where everything has been focused on tennis, and I'm not sure I can go back there.
Tennis is still important but in a different way, a kind of much more controlled way.
The American starts his Wimbledon preparations at the Stella Artois tournament this week in subdued mood following his failure at the French Open two weeks ago. Terms of Service . TV Ads .