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
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.
It's always a bit sad when somebody you spent so much time with over the years, played so many matches against, decides it's time for them to move on. But I'm sure he'll embrace this next stage of his life with the same standards he's shown out there for all these years.
Tommy is in my opinion one of the best players in the world, he should be up at the top.I'll have to play a good match.
Unfortunately, even with the amount of training and rehabilitation I've been going through, my ankle is still not 100 per cent.
We played once in Australia. We got done with that match and I said, 'He's a top 10 player'. He just seemed to do so many things well. He made you work for every point. I've got to believe he's only got better. I'm looking forward to a good quality match.
He plays the most breakers because his hold game is that good and he struggles that much on the ground game,
It's what I do. It's what I do. I play tennis. I don't know what the alternative is, really to try to be your best or to not care? I choose to try to be my best.
I've gotten through two five-setters, and feel surprisingly good. It's a sprint now around the turn and down the homestretch. I'll be in position to give it a good run.
I just lost to a guy that was better, ... He's the best I've ever played against. Normally, if I played that way against anybody else, I'd be favoring myself. Anything you try to do, he potentially has an answer to it. He plays the game in a very special way. I haven't seen it before. Pete (Sampras) was great. No question. But there was a place to go with Pete. There's no such play like that with Roger.
You're here to help the team. I might be called on to do that again on Sunday. I sure hope to do better.
I had his back against the wall to some degree but he just figured that to be a cue for him to do something else,
I'm the best over-30 player, so it doesn't matter.
There's no such thing as an open draw. At least for me - I mean, obviously for Roger Federer, I think every draw feels open for him - but for me there's no such thing as an open draw
The first set was pretty scratchy but each set my quality picked up. I just hung on and played a good (tie) breaker.