Word: agassi
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...after midnight, as Eric Clapton’s song of the same name blared from the speakers, the fans might as well have been at Shea Stadium across the subway podium. When Agassi broke to regain serve in the fourth set, he had to postpone his serve in the subsequent game as a wave circulated the stands...
...third, when his ball clipped the net and took a lucky bounce out of Blake’s reach, Agassi held up his hand in modest apology, as per convention. The fans had none of it, though, and the stadium erupted...
...Agassi wins,” one man gleefully declared to his buddy, “I’m calling in sick tomorrow...
Blake broke for 3-2 in the fifth set, but when he served for the match at 5-4, Agassi evened the count, bringing the crowd to its feet again with four consecutive points. It was more of the same in the tiebreak, when Blake went up 3-1, 4-3 and 5-4 before succumbing to Agassi’s groundstrokes...
...wasn’t particularly thrilled at the loss, but Blake wasn’t distraught, either, as he embraced Agassi after the final point. Blake knew what he’d just had a hand in, and there was just no disagreeing with the bald, 35-year-old semifinalist when he said, “There are few moments on a tennis court that are that special...