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Sampras withdraws from tournaments Posted: Wednesday October 02, 2002 7:31 AMUpdated: Wednesday October 02, 2002 3:20 PM BASEL, Switzerland (AP) -- U.S. Open champion Pete Sampras has withdrawn from all remaining ATP tournaments this season. Sampras has not played since winning the U.S. Open, his 14th Grand Slam singles title, last month in New York. Sampras' withdrawal means he will not start in the Basel event, which opens Oct. 19, and will miss Masters Series events in Madrid, Spain, and Paris. Sampras is taking time to consider his future. "Since winning the U.S. Open on September 8, I have been taking some time to reevaluate where I want to go from here," Sampras said in a statement released by the ATP. "I'm therefore not sufficiently prepared to compete in the upcoming tournaments in Madrid, Basel and Paris." The move also means Sampras will have no chance of qualifying for the eight-player Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, China, the final event of the season in mid-November. Sampras, who has a 27-17 record this season, had moved from 32nd to 12th place in the ATP Champions race after winning the U.S. Open. Sampras will finish out of the ATP's top 10 for the first time since 1989. His 27 victories this season are the fewest since '89. The news also added to speculation that the 31-year-old Sampras is planning to retire. After beating rival Andre Agassi in the final of the U.S. Open, Sampras said, "To beat a rival like Andre, in a storybook ending, it might be nice to stop. But ..."
Sampras and his wife, actress Bridgette Wilson, are expecting
their first child.
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