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Sampras and McEnroe to Face Off at the Greenbrier

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Hall of Famers Pete Sampras and John McEnroe will play a tennis match at The Greenbrier resort this fall.
    
The resort said Wednesday that the pair will play in the inaugural Greenbrier Champions Tennis Classic on Sept. 22.
    
They'll also be competing in a series of matches across the country in October and November called the PowerShares Series.
    
Sampras won 14th Grand Slam singles championships. That was a record until broken by Roger Federer.
    
McEnroe won the singles title at U.S. Open four times and at Wimbledon three times.