Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassiis an American retired professional tennis player and former World No. 1, who was one of the game's most dominant players from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi had been called the greatest service returner in the history of the game. Described by the BBC upon his retirement as "perhaps the biggest worldwide star in the sport's history", Agassi...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth29 April 1970
CityLas Vegas, NV
CountryUnited States of America
I certainly didn't have enough today. Three five-set matches didn't help.
He's unique to the game based on his size and the way he plays. I don't know what it's like to face it. It's an odd trajectory that the ball is coming down from. It's not even so much the pace, it's the trajectory as well.
He's unique to the game based on his size and the way he plays. A guy like that is really awkward. It's an odd trajectory that the ball's coming down from,
He's writing checks that you only hope his body can cash. He plays very hard every single point.
He's the only guy I've ever played where you hold serve to go 1-0 and you're thinking, 'All right, good. The amount of options he has to get around any particular stage of the match seems to be endless. He can elevate his game at any time.
He's the only guy I've ever played against you hold serve to go 1-0 and you think all right, good. There's a sense of urgency on every point, on every shot.
He's lost three matches all year, ... He's probably won, what, 70 (actually 71)? Yeah, he's definitely beatable (laughter). I just don't like those odds.
I attempted to play in Shanghai with an injury that was not fully healed and it set me back substantially.
How she helps me is with understanding the subtleties required to accomplish this task,
I came out there striking the ball really well,
I'm going to go home tonight and enjoy myself. But then I'll come back to work tomorrow. I need to work and this is my work. It's what I do. I'm a tennis player, and I'll do it as hard as I can for as long as I can.
I'm going to go down swinging. ... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.
I mean, what do you do? What do you tell those people that are sitting there, waiting to be rescued and people can't even get to them?
I'm not going to have a lot of winners against a guy like Roger. My goal is to get a lot of errors out of him because of the breezy conditions. I wanted to control the point, but not get too risky.