1.   Now, she only had to hang tough on serve to convert this epic match into a point for her nation.

2.   Sampras dedicated the epic match to his late coach, Tim Gullikson, and went off to be revived by a massive dose of electrolytes.

3.   The witnesses to two epic matches Saturday left the All England Club with their tennis appetites sufficiently stuffed.

4.   When it was over, the tennis intelligentsia declared it an epic match.

5.   Sydney Swans lost their share of the lead in an epic match against North Melbourne at the MCG on Saturday.

6.   There were no such epic matches among the women this year, though there surely were emotional and historic moments.

7.   Pete Sampras provided another reminder of vulnerability when he broke down in tears during an epic match against Jim Courier in the Australian Open.

8.   Rubin has already figured in some epic matches.

9.   Sampras could hardly speak at his press conference after the epic match, his voice trailing off several times and his head drooping in exhaustion.