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Who coined the title ‘magician’ for Santoro?
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Ch said
Sampras!!!
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Mordecai said
At last! My chance at FAME!
It’s Pete Sampras when he once lost to Santoro in 2002.
Jenny said
Pete Sampras.
Veglia said
Sampras
MIKE__ said
The “Pistol” of course 🙂
Miffy said
Pete Sampras.
M said
Pete Sampras!
halimzin said
pete sampras
Benjamin said
I think it’s Sampras.
olivia said
Pete Sampras?
talented27 said
Pistol Pete
Frances said
Pete Sampras!
Kari said
That would be Pete Sampraa.
Kola Chen said
Pistol Pete Sampras
Roddick's Girl (aka Fatma) said
Pete Sampras
Dennis said
Wasn’t it Sampras? They recently talked about it on ESPN.
somebody else said
Pete Sampras is credited with giving Santoro the nickname “The Magician”.
M said
I never win though.
isabelle said
Pete Sampras
XMGABAN said
IT was Pete Sampras
tellmenow said
Has to be Bud Collins; although I think most people like to scrub anything he says from their minds.
Melody said
Pete Sampras
chieko said
I just read lately that it was Pete Sampras san who did it. No??
June said
I know this one! Pistol Pete Sampras!
Although I know I am already too late 😀
Banti said
Pistol Pete
Blue said
Pete Sampras
Anonymous said
Pete Sampras!! 😀
Adrian said
Sampras!!
fedfan said
Pete Sampras
Bento said
James Blake
Santiago said
Pete
Philip said
Pete Sampras in 2000
King Lofts said
Pete Sampras
Michael said
Pistol Pete Sampras
ails said
pete sampras?
Nadia said
Safin ?
blake said
sampras
Jeremy said
Pete Sampras?
3c said
Sampras
Bettyjane said
Pete Sampras!!
whelan said
Roger Federer
Larry said
Pete Sampras.
nadalfan said
sampras
Manon said
Pete Sampras.
Denise Seegobin said
I think it was Safin
FedEx said
Pete Sampras
Mouka said
Pistol Pete.
Monica said
Sampras.
Philip said
Pete Sampras after a tough match against him in the summer of 2000
Neil Sellen said
Sampras?
Maxply said
Sampras
TheHumbleOne said
I dunno… Serena Williams?
Anshuman said
Pete Sampras
M said
Aaahahahaha! This is an omen for the final!
TP, let me out of moderation!!
M said
Please??? I’m screencapping the proof:
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January 28, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Pete Sampras!
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M said
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January 28, 2009 at 10:34 pm
I never win though.
(Sorry everybody. Trying to squash down an acute case of FEDAL Final Fever, so I don’t jinx. We will return to calm rational adulthood right after these commercial messages.)
Sarah said
Pete Sampras, according to Wikipedia.
Manon said
…hopefully will be an omen for the final :-))))))))))))
Allez Rogi!
Stella said
Sampras
Melody said
Hey, I’ve said it is Pete Sampras who coined the name last night. And I’m 100% sure about it. Why my comment did not show?!!!
Janco Tianno said
Sampras!
TheHumbleOne said
OK,OK, I GET it! It was Pete Sampras…
Yeah, but HE only said it to the press after he heard SERENA WILLIAMS marveling about him in the locker room earlier that day, so technically……..
anyway, that’s my story & I’m sticking to it.
Deep South Girl said
No! No! NO!! WTH is everyone bleating “Pete Sampras, Pistol Pete,etc., etc.,”
This is Sarah Palin. And you’d better start getting used to her annoying little whiny voice because I think she is going to be smuggled into the national scene by those die-hard neo-cons like YOU KNOW WHO ,in the next election
CAVEAT!! CAVEAT!! CAVEAT!! CAVEAT!! CAVEAT!! CAVEAT!!
Deep South Girl said
Humble/61: You know, I heard that very same story about Serena. But it was told to me in the STRICTEST confidence. Ah, well.
“Loose lips sink ships,” you know.