ON HIS WAY TO THE BANK

On his way to London to play in the BlackRock Masters beginning Tuesday, Sampras played an exhibition match with Dominck Hrbaty in Bratislava.

Then he moved on to Prague where he played with Radek Stepanek on Monday evening. They played in Prague’s O2 Arena before a crowd of 11,000 people. Sampras won 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 (Super-TB). Sampras got Czech Crowns 3.000.000, which is about US$ 150.000.

In the afternoon before the match, Sampras met with Czech President Vaclav Klaus in Prague Castle (Klaus is big tennis fan and avid tennis player) and gave him a racket, which he also signed for the president.

After the match, Sampras left on his jet to London for the senior event.