DAVID DEFEATED GOLIATH. One of the most important episodes in the history of sports in Peru It was carried out by who is considered the first national tennis racket, Jaime Yzaga. The popular ‘Chato’ immortalized his name by beating the then first tennis player on the planet, the North American Pete Sampras, eliminating him from the US Open, one of the four most important white sport tournaments on the planet.
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It was September 1994, a few weeks ago Brazil had been crowned four-time champion in the United States and the departure of Ayrton Senna was still being mourned. In New York, Yzaga would give the country one of the most glorious episodes in its sports history.
The popular ‘Chato’ faced current champion Pete Sampras in the quarterfinals of the US Open, who was considered at that time as the best tennis player on the planet, above other greats such as Boris Becker and Andre Agassi, among others.
How was Jaime Yzaga’s incredible victory over Peter Sampras at US Open 1994?
In an intense encounter that lasted three hours and 37 minutes, Jaime Yzaga would manage to defeat Sampras by a global score of 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 and 7-5. This without a doubt was the most important achievement of the well-known national tennis player.
The specialists point out that the Peruvian was solid in his service and took many risks with his blows, in addition, they claimed that Sampras had physical problems.
In this regard, Yzaga stated in an interview that he did not see any of that in his rival. “I tried to make him not stop running so that he would not be comfortable when responding to the balls that I threw at him “, he stated.
Why did Jaime Yzaga’s triumph mark history in Peruvian tennis?
Jaime Yzaga’s triumph over Pete Sampras at the US Open marked history in Peruvian sport, who did not achieve a victory of this magnitude for many years. Even that 1994 victory of the tennis player was the most important achievement of the national sport.
For the first time a national tennis player was imposed on a sports figure on the planet, considered one of the greatest tennis players in history. Thus, Jaime Yzaga was the main character in the most important sports networks in the world, leaving the name of Peru high, in a scarce stage of feats of this caliber.
It should be noted that this was not the first time that ‘el chato’ defeated Sampras, he had already done so in 1988; although the American was not the figure he became in the 90s. Quite a feat of the Peruvian tennis player Jaime Yzaga.
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