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COUNT ON Friday Pag 1 September 6 HELP i i i l i M ? i M Sampras marathon surviveii match p.TILiVll NEWYORK (AP) — Exhausted to the point of sickness, barely able to move, and forced to lean on his racket like a crutch between rallies, Pete Sampras survived an epic ordeal Thursday against indefatiga ble Alex Corretja. Sampras vomited on court in the middle of the lifth-set tiebreaker and looked as if he would pass out. Yet somehow he summoned the strength to keep going, set up a second match- point with his 25th ace. Then he watched in utter relief as the Spaniard double-faulted to end one of the most dramatic matches in U.S. Open history, 7-6 (7-5), 5- 7, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7). Corretja fell to his knees and Sampras slumped onto the net before they embraced each other tenderly amid a long standing ovation for both players after the 4-hour, 8-minute struggle. Sampras, the defending cham pion, went for an intravenous drip to treat dehydration. He’ll have to find a way to recover by Saturday when he plays in the semifinals against the winner of the Stefan Edberg-Goran Ivanisevic match. Moments after the match, Sampras hugged his girlfriend, Delaina Mulcahy. “This one was for Tim,Tn there with me,” he whispe her, referring to his latei Tim Gullikson, who died in Mulcahy said: “I feel that Tim will be with ustt of the way.” Everyone who watched match had to be crinp Sampras limped around court, trying to stay on his and playing on and on. He ed at the back of the courtai the final tiebreaker, receii time delay warning, right back to win the nextpt “A lot of people saw things that most won’t see in a life Paul Annacone, Sampras’c coach, said. “Alex Corretja get a lot of credit for what I What Pete did, there are no It was exhilarating to watch. "The guy is pretty sped special people do special th Even Corretja, who broke and sobbed after the match life slipped away, was amat Sampras. “I saw him at a couple of really tired, but he was mon gerous then,” the No. 31 Corretja said. “At 3-3 in the er, he served at 124 mph. tired, he can’t serve like that’ !/IS< velt ByLauraOliv The Ba itali fhe Texas A&M 2 iety showed off e, Cepheid Varii tin foil for pr inst orbiting min ers and Dr. J itherland, vice f student affairs, « ie lunch, free lunc They all had a < :to lure student ;anizations. This was the sc< at the MS( use, sponsored Soccer Continued from Page 13 acked their bags to battle it out with the Crimson Tide this Sunday at 1 p.m. But first, they must face 17th-ranked Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., tonight. “Vanderbilt is a game we can not take lightly, but we are also focusing on how we will face Alabama," junior forward Bryn Blalack said. “We struggled with them last year, but we should have the experience and drive to bring back a win.” As of yet, the Lady Crimson Tide is unranked, but the Lady Aggies agree there is no reason to take them lightly. “They are a very strong team that makes us work very I Conner said. “They have: strong coach who knows 1 play the other team’s weak We have to be focused withoi ting our eighth-ranked pit get to our heads." 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