After outlasting James Blake in five sets in the second round, Hewitt survived another tough challenge from 19-year-old rising star Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals, winning a thrilling five-setter, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, in three hours, 40 minutes. He easily took out two-time Grand Slam champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the next round, and next up was the then-four-time US Open winner Pete Sampras in a battle for the championship.

Could Sampras - who due to a tough schedule had no recovery days between the semifinal and the final - find the legs to defeat the scrappy Australian and go on to win what would be his fifth US Open title?

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