Andre Agassi: Legend On and Off Court
Posted on January 7, 2010 - Filed Under Sports
Andre Agassi is well known in the tennis world, and though he will not be the soon to be held Australian Tennis Open, he is still a fixture and figure of tennis. Besides he’s already won the Australian Open in previous years. He has been known for his natural talent which he has honed throughout the years with help from coaches and mentors of all kinds. Famously, he attend the Tennis Academy in Florida run by Nick Bollettietri. He was originally only supposed to go for a few weeks as that was all his family could afford for him. However, when Bollettietri saw him play, he said the family could take the money back and Andre could play for free.
Though his fluffy eighties hair turned out to be a wig and his perfect reputation marred by an admitted use of methamphetamine, his talent and life on the court is nothing short of perfection and completely authentic. Mats Wilander has in fact named him the top tennis player of all time, at least as far as men’s tennis goes.
What exactly is about Agassi that makes him such a success? He knows how to anticipate his opponent’s moves which is extremely difficult. You can know a person’s style from reading up about them and what others say in the media, but when on the court, it is an altogether different matter. Though his serve and volley are not his strong points, he does a great return on serves and extremely well on his baseline game. He also manages to always steal the ball always from competitors initially in the game. Making people run about the court trying to keep up with the ball has always made him famous and provided him with a tennis name—the punisher.
However, in real life, he anything but, providing much money and time and effort in charity work to help children pursue their dreams in athletics. In fact, he opened a charter school for children from poorer socioeconomic backgrounds in the LA area in 2001, calling it the Andre Agassi College Prepatory Academy. With his generous personality and great talent, it has made him one of the greatest players tennis has ever had.
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