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'Ramps' reappearing as a tennis player! (7)

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I believe the answer is:

sampras

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'a tennis player' is the definition.
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'ramps reappearing as' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'ramps' is 'sampr' which is present in the answer.
'as' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
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(Other definitions for sampras that I've seen before include "Champion tennis player" , "Seven times Wimbledon winner" , "Former champion" , "Pete --, tennis player" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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