Roger vs. Pete: Live blogging from the historic NetJets Showdown!

Witnessing history: I'm super excited to say that I'll be one of the 19,000 tennis fanatics attending the historic NetJets Showdown tonight at Madison Square Garden featuring tennis greats Roger Federer + Pete Sampras.

In addition, I'm going to attempt to bring you guys a personal, inside look at the event by live blogging throughout the evening - keep your fingers, toes, and everything else crossed that it works out!

As we all wait for the showdown to start, take a look at a rundown of the event by The New York Times' Play magazine called "They Cannot be Serious!" and the promo video by producer StarGames.

* VIA DOWNTHELINETENNIS.COM

(image via smh.com)