The tennis legends joined Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal in raising cash for Haiti earthquake victims.
They have been bickering since Agassi claimed in his autobiography that Sampras was a cheapskate - citing an occasion when he tipped just one dollar for valet parking.
Tennis legends Pete Sampras and rivalry hidden, as it had been eight years since they last faced each other on a tennis court.
But within a matter of minutes of the Hit for Haiti night at the BNP Paribas Masters in California at the weekend, they were almost coming to blows.
Agassi was playing with Nadal and Sampras was teamed up with Federer for one set of doubles in front of a packed house of 16,000, the Daily Express reports.
All the players were wearing microphones, which gave Agassi the opportunity to crack a few gags and get the audience going.
As Sampras simply got on with the business of forehands and backhands, he was encouraged to lighten up a little. Sampras duly responded by imitating Agassi’s pigeon-toed walk and his fidgeting and fussing at the baseline.
Agassi hit back by showing off his impersonation of Sampras; turning out his pockets and claiming to have no money.
Sampras was clearly livid and served a thunderbolt directly at Agassi. “It’s OK, it’s OK,” Agassi said as he dodged the ball. “It’s better than being a valet driver and you pulling up.”
By this stage, Federer and Nadal were looking distinctly uneasy while the crowd was not Nadal was fortunate enough to miss most of the snide remarks and put-downs.
“I didn’t understand anything,” he said. “No, that’s the truth. They speak very fast for me. I was very happy I didn’t understand. I think they try to have fun there. “
They were obviously having so much fun that neither Sampras nor Agassi spoke to the media after the fundraiser and both beat a hasty retreat from the venue. (ANI)
The National Standing Assembly’s Committee on Sports will grill top PCB officials on Monday about their decision to take disciplinary action against seven national cricketers.
“We have invited the PCB chairman and other officials to attend the hearing because we want to know on what basis was this action taken. We have also heard complaints about the board announcing action against players without first taking approval of governing council of the board,” the Daily Times quoted Senate committee chairman Abdul Ghaffar Qureshi, as saying.
There is increasing pressure on the PCB to reveal the basis on which it enforced the punishments.
Acting on the recommendations of an inquiry committee set up after Pakistan’s dismal performance in Australia, the PCB dropped senior batsmen Muhammad Yousuf and Younus Khan for indefinite periods.
The board banned Shoaib Malik and Rana Navedul Hasan for one year besides fining them Rs 2 million each. It also fined Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal Rs 3 million each, besides imposing a fine of Rs 2 million on Umar Akmal.
“The issue here is that the senators want to know the charges against the players and also details of the management reports but will Ijaz Butt agree to reveal details,” one source close to the Senate committee said.
