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 plan to return to the court as soon as my ankle is fully recovered.
But he was, in his most difficult moments, more awkward than I anticipated.
I'm trying to figure out where I would need to stand on the court to have the same trajectory,
I'm unsure about what I'm going to be doing in a month, let alone a year from now. But as of now, my intention is to keep working and keep doing what it is that I do. The only thing better than playing at the US Open for 20 years in a row would be to play here for 21 years in a row,
I need to work, and this is my work, ... I'm a tennis player, and I'll do it as hard as I can as long as I can, from how I see it right now.
If there's one thing I learned in Paris, limping around in front of the world is not a comfortable thing to do.
I really, really want to. I plan on it. I'm optimistic about it. But I have to also call it like it is right now. Is it possible that I can't anymore? It's definitely possible.
I really, really want to. I plan on it. I'm optimistic about it.
I prepare to be there under any circumstances, which in many years has been less than ideal,
In the middle to late part of the third set, the sciatic nerve in my back started to get inflamed and it sent pain down my right leg and it got worse by the minute,
In every match I play, I grow in my appreciation for this opportunity, this chance to be out there playing at the U.S. Open for another match, another time,
He's the best I've ever played against. Everything you try to do, he has an answer for. He plays the game in a very special way.
How do you find words for what this means? ... This has been some of the greatest memories I've ever had on a tennis court.
I don't know if I've ever felt this good here,