Word: agassis
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...theory once prevailed that if the top 100 male tennis players were banned from touching a racquet for a month, the great American baseliner Andre Agassi would have been most likely to win the first tournament played thereafter. The reasoning was that Agassi, who retired last year, was the most gifted ball striker on the Tour and therefore the least dependent on practice for producing his best in matches...
PLAYING IN HIS 21ST consecutive U.S. Open, the last tournament of his pro career, Andre Agassi reminded fans why they had come to love the former denim-clad, punk pariah. Although he was dogged by a bad back, Agassi outlasted a younger, faster Marcos Baghdatis in a five-set, second-round thriller that took almost four hours. The raucous New York City crowd roared with every winning shot; after losing a few days later, a weepy Agassi thanked fans for inspiring...
...Looking on, my wife couldn't remember the last time she saw something as silly as two dudes jumping around, waving their arms and strutting like Agassi at a Grand Slam. But since the controls were so simple, she wasn't allowed to refuse when we told her it was her turn. Before long, she was channeling Steffi with her own fancy net work. I had my revenge...
...million next year and reach $10 million by 2009. To pay for it, De Villiers tapped sponsors and taxed tournament directors, insisting that better marketing creates money across the board. "He realizes that tennis is about show business," says Perry Rogers, an ATP board member and president of Agassi Enterprises...
...something more.Last year, I lucked out. My family and I bought tickets to Wednesday night at the U.S. Open during the second week three months before the tournament draw was even announced. Through an astonishing twist of fate, lo and behold these tickets became the passes to the Blake-Agassi quarterfinal that, at approximately 12:43 A.M. Thursday morning, turned into the best match at the Open in the past 25 years. And after Andre cracked a forehand return winner down the line, a fitting way to win for the greatest returner the game has ever seen, after the elder...