how would have Federer fared against peak Sampras on that Wimbledon grass?
I have a feeling that Sampras would have been able to hold his own.
for 2 reasons:
1. his serve was just too big. both the first and the second.
2. I have to rate him mentally tougher than Federer
Pete basically never gave you much of a chance on his serve. so you the pressure was almost always on your own side of the net. you not only had the pressure to hold your own serve, you also had to worry about breaking Pete.
and you just cant win if you cant break.