Adrenalin Rush: Tennis Craze

Whet your appetite for the upcoming Wimbledon championships with the inspiring stories of four of the most successful racket-wielders of all time. Germany’s Steffi Graf ruled the women’s game in the late ’80s and ’90s, decimating opponents with her lethal forehand. Her beau, Andre Agassi, a dazzling player and not just due to his showy outfits, is also the only player in the Open era to have won a career ‘Golden Slam’ after winning the Olympic title as well as all four majors. Pete Sampras came, saw and conquered Wimbledon an astonishing seven times in one decade, smashing aces past weeping peers. And a decade before Sampras emerged, Jimmy Connors was delighting crowds with his deft volleys and volatile outbursts.

The Biography Channel, Channel 95