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 knew I was in a tussle at that point.
He amazes me how far down he can dig,
I'll have to really step it up Friday, that's for sure. Seeing his form over the last year and a half, I'd say I'd have to be doing a lot of things well, no question about it.
It's been a long time since I've felt good on the court. It's just getting tiring, that's all. It never feels good when you're losing often. You know, to have a few good wins and have a good tournament would help me, remind me right now why I'm doing this. But as of right now it's hard to feel that thrilled about it.
My intention is to keep working and keep doing what I am doing, ... The only thing better than the last 20 years (at the U.S. Open) will be 21.
Certainly coming out here for the first match in such a long time, I couldn't have expected that standard, to be that comfortable, ... I just settled in early. Sometimes you can really get too anxious and never find your rhythm and fight yourself a little bit. I trusted my legs and found a nice rhythm with my shots. Six days of practice, I'd advise it for anybody.
I was a bit discouraged there in the fourth. He went through a stretch there where I was lucky if every third point, I was in the point. He was hitting ace after ace. I just needed a chance, and I didn't get that till the fifth.
As much as I want to get out there and do the best I can, you will not see me on the court anymore if I'm not 100 percent. If I have a little pain in my life; that's fine. I just don't want it on the tennis court, because I work too hard to get out there and feel helpless.
Thank you, New York for the last 20 years. It's been a great ride.
Ten weeks ago, I didn't know where things were going to go,
It's not really a function of how fast it is, because a lot of guys can serve it 135-plus, ... The trajectory is the main issue, because you are lunging, but then it's (bounced) up in the air. You're sort of diving, but then you can't reach it, even if you dive perfectly on cue.
Ivo, it's so hard to break him. One or two points can decide the match. It was good to close that one out, this was getting tougher.
The alternative is me not being at my best, me being out there in the situation where I can do more damage to myself and not be part of more tournaments, ... I'm trying to negotiate a career, how I'm going to go about my profession. Making the wrong decision is going to have big ramifications for me at this stage.
I still put myself through the same dramas that I used to and always have,