A legend came to an end yesterday. A maverick who became an icon after his first Wimbledon win in 1992 finally called it quits after his loss to Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon 2006. While his official career will end after US Open 2006 it was his last at the haven of professional tennis. For me Agassi's win in 1992 was why I seriously watched tennis thereafter.
I had initially discounted him for being just another junk American interested in style and fashion rather than his game. When he entered the international tennis scene he was mostly famous for his long hair and his women. But then he matured. (Lost all the long hair too!) In his entire tennis career he really hung in there. Pete Sampras first dethroned him but Agassi stayed on. Stars emerged, stars faded but Agassi stayed on. He kept fit, changed him game and did all that was needed to exist among incoming talents. Yesterday's match could had been different had Agassi won the first set but it was not to be! An emerging champion got the better of him. For the first time I saw the vanquished getting a standing applause. Deservedly so!
2 comments:
:-(
Hate wathcing him lose!!!
Inspite of all his fashion hes the one who got me interested and hooked onto the game and was a dissapointment to watch him lose in his last game!
Wish he had exited with a victory to savour!
Nevertheless he remains a hot favourite of many fans like me:-)
Nice post!
The end of an era. He is the reason why I continued watching tennis after Becker faded & Edberg retired. Saw all the grandslam finals he played in.
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