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09:TENNIS. Brief #3, 1:40PM. The Ultimate. Sports Pager.Pete Sampras will try to add to his record of 13 Grand Slam titles when he takes on Lleyton Hewitt in today’s U.S. Open final. The 10th-seeded Sampras moved into the title match with an impressive 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 victory over defending champion and No. 3 seed Marat Safin in Saturday’s second semifinal. Hewitt, the No. 4 seed, beat seventh-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 to earn a shot at his first Grand Slam title. The score was the most lopsided men’s semifinal in U.S. Open history. Sampras, a four-time Open champion, did not lose his serve in avenging a loss to Safin in last year’s U.S. Open final and has now held serve in 87 straight games…..

12:45 pm September 11, 2001
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d of 13 Grand Slam titles when he takes on Lleyton Hewitt in today’s U.S. Open final. The 10th-seeded Sampras moved into the title match with an impressive 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 victory over defending champion and No. 3 seed Marat Safin in Saturday’s sec

12:45 pm September 11, 2001
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