August 28th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
Andre Agassi, the flamboyant ex-rebel turned elderly statesmen makes his final appearance (of his 20 year career) on the tennis court this next couple of weeks in the 2006 US Open Grand Slam Tennis Championship. Hopefully he can survive long enough to make a grand finale. Andre is one of the last out of the super brat pack and great American tennis hopes to retire i.e. the last of the talented American quartet consisting of (Agassi), Pete Sampras, Jim Courier and Michael Chang. Also deemed the most natural and versatile player of his generation, he holds the current record for the only man in the modern era to win all 4 Grand Slam tennis titles (The Australian Open, The French Open, Wimbledon and The U.S Open) - a feat not even tennis greats like John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker and Roger Federer could do.
American tennis and tennis is general will lose it’s flavor without characters like him - an old school tennis player. The last great tennis rivalry of Sampras vs. Agassi, is a distant past… no one has actually matched/ lived up to the hype of their exciting rivalry of the 90s. He was the face of tennis for a long time, and will be greatly missed.
Thank you Andre for the interesting roller coaster career, the Hollywood appeal, the dramatic Grand Slam tennis wins, the great hype and for making tennis as popular as it is today. Thanks for also giving back so much to the sport and its community (with your Agassi Foundation for underprivileged kids and Agassi College Prep Academy).
We may not wait long to have another Agassi to star in particular sport, he and tennis legend wife (Steffi Graf) already have two children. I won’t bet against at least one of their kids having a natural sports talent - let me take an educated guess… in tennis?
5 Responses to “Farewell Andre Agassi”
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kristarella said: @ 8:12 pm
August 28th, 2006
What is this, his third retirement. He’s a good bloke, he has character and tenacity without infamy (unlike McEnroe and the short-lived number one career of Lleyton Hewitt).
[Aside] Ahem, misaprostrophication! =P
The Foo said: @ 8:56 pm
August 28th, 2006
sorry for the misaprostrophication - fixed! :-p
The Foo said: @ 9:25 pm
August 28th, 2006
lleyton is too much in love and tennis is not his #1 priority anymore. too bad, because i like him… his my fav. i saw him play in adelaide when i was working there.
kristarella said: @ 12:39 am
August 29th, 2006
Yeh, good for him for putting his family first though! Maybe he’ll make a come-back when his baby’s a bit older.
Oh and I meant to mention that someone offered Steffi and Agassi big bucks to train their kid in tennis or something like that. Technically their kids have as much chance at being as talented as their parents at tennis as any kid does. They are likely to be above average though.
The Foo Logs » Blog Archive » There is only one Andre Agassi Pinged With: @ 2:17 pm
September 5th, 2006
[…] He will always be a winner in my mind, a guy that showed that nothing is impossible … regardless of how hard things were and how with difficult situations he was faced on and off the court. I am especially happy that he was given a standing ovation and cheers from his fellow players when he walked into the locker room after his last match. James Blake also paid classy tribute by wearing a similiar bright tennis outfit in his tennis match i.e. that of what Andre used to wear in the late 80s. […]