June 28th, 2006 by Phil Frangos
Ready to Reign again?
Andre Agassi’s final Wimbledon appearance started out a little dicey versus Serbian Boris Pashanski. Down 6-2 after the first set and shaking off a bit of rustiness, Agassi stormed back against the 71st seed taking the next 3 set by the scores of, 6-2, 6-4, and 6-3 to advance to the second round.
With this win, it should give Andre some momentum as the matches will no doubt become tougher as the tournament progresses.
Agassi announced Saturday, that he will retire after the US Open later this year. You just get the feeling that Andre will find a way to make this last appearance at Wimbledon, the same place where the 36 year old won his first of eight career Grand Slam titles back in 1992, a memorable one.
This is what I’ve liked about the guy since day one, when he first bursted on to the scene. Yes he started out as the “Image is everything” guy, and looked as though he just wasn’t going to be the player everyone hyped him to be by playing mediocre tennis, but to follow his career after him winning first title, he’s just been the man!
Along with his competitive nature, he possesses that certain flare for the dramatic, and his highlight return game just dominates the competition and is just something else.
With Andre having won each of the four slam at least once, and being part of an elite list of only five to achieve this feat, it would really be something to see Andre finish strong by winning Wimbledon and the US Open one final time to increase his total number of slams to 10. Go Andre!
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