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Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi pose with tennis legend Rod Laver before the start of the 2002 US Open final

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Sampras' serve helps him make an excellent start to the match and he quickly races into an early first-set lead

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Former champion Agassi looks forlorn as he finds no answer to Sampras' brilliance in the opening two sets

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Sampras, perhaps surprised by his comfortable lead, begins to falter slightly as Agassi mounts a fightback

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Sampras briefly loses his cool as Agassi storms back to narrowly take the third set 7-5

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But Pistol Pete regains his composure to quickly break Agassi's serve and edge towards a fifth US Open title

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32-year old Sampras defies the critics who said he was past his best, securing a 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-4 triumph over his old rival Agassi

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Sampras celebrates his success as he wins a record 14th Grand Slam title in front of an adoring New York crowd

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Agassi and Sampras are two of the greatest players of the modern era, having won 22 Grand Slam titles between them