NEW YORK — The U.S. Open final between Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi drew the event's highest TV rating since those two played for the 1990 title.

        CBS Sports' coverage of Sunday's match, which Sampras won 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, had a 7.9 overnight rating.

        That's 44 percent higher than the 5.5 for the 2001 final, in which Lleyton Hewitt beat Sampras in straight sets.

        And it's the biggest overnight rating for a U.S. Open men's final since the 8.0 when Sampras defeated Agassi 12 years ago. That was Sampras' first Grand Slam title; he now has a record 14.

        The two-week tournament's overall average overnight rating on CBS was 3.5, a 6 percent increase from last year.

        Overnight ratings measure the 53 largest TV markets in the United States, covering about 65 percent of the country.

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