For Wallace, Sampras, with his no-nonsense focus on discipline, clarity, power and physicality (athleticism) represented Spartan virtues. Agassi, colorful, philosophical, impulsive and iconoclastic, stood for that cultural mecca, Athens. At the time, Sampras led the rivalry by a whisker 9-8: 3-2 at Slams, 3-1 in major finals.

Sinner, the world No. 1, parted ways with his trainer Marco Panichi and physiotherapist Ulises Badio after he competed at Halle and ahead of his first-round match at Wimbledon July 1. He was asked about the sudden move in a press conference before he begins his path to the final, which could see a rematch with Alcaraz.