TennisBatman
Semi-Pro
How is Becker's return game terrible?
Agassi vs Becker
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Down_the_line
Legend
Agassi is done folks. He will officially be retired in a few minutes, maybe not even. Depressing but true...
TennisBatman
Semi-Pro
Breaker said:
How is Becker's return game terrible?
TennisBatman
Semi-Pro
OMG, this is happening too fast...
ACE of Hearts
Bionic Poster
The end of a legend.Thanxs for the memories Andre.
TennisBatman
Semi-Pro
Goodbye, Andre Agassi. See you back on Earth.
ACE of Hearts
Bionic Poster
I thought Andre was gonna break in tears after being down 40-0, even i almost got a tear in my eye.
Hey skip, can u give him at least some respect, the guy is one of the best!
Hey skip, can u give him at least some respect, the guy is one of the best!
ACE of Hearts
Bionic Poster
Well i believe he deserves all that coverage no matter how painful it was watching.The guy played through pain, many would have quit!Anyway big ups to Andre who belongs in the top 7 of all time.
ATXtennisaddict
Hall of Fame
So sad. But Benny Becker served like a monster. And earlier he hit like a monster too. And he became a monster just at the right time (5-5 4th set). And he seems like a real nice guy. His gf is pretty nice looking too.
Anyway, bye bye Andre.
Anyway, bye bye Andre.
TennisBatman said:
Before Becker actually *tried* in that last game.. he had won 2 of 23 points on Andre's serve... That's how pathetic Becker's return game was.
I cannot count the number of times he simply swung his racket at Agassi's serve and missed by over 10 feet.
In either case, goodbye to Andre. I wasn't his biggest fan (since I was always a Sampras supporter), but he's done more for the game than almost anyone else.
Now please, lets not spend 30 minutes talking about it. I want to see Safin vs. Nalbandian fifth set.
ACE of Hearts
Bionic Poster
Becker showed some class in the end.I am starting too like this kid.His serve is a big weapon, needs to work on backhand and forehand.He will be known as the guy who gave Agassi his last defeat.
Down_the_line
Legend
I think it may have been hard for Becker to play a man who will be retiring should he beat him. There's a sense of guilt kind of.
freak-of-nature
New User
I'm all depressed now...
I glad it is over, I would rather see good tennis match than an old broken down player playing a nobody. The match was not up to U.S. Open Sunday quality.
CBS should have switched to the Safin match, better tennis from better players.
Hopefully we want have to hear anymore about Agassi, it got stale in a hurry.
CBS should have switched to the Safin match, better tennis from better players.
Hopefully we want have to hear anymore about Agassi, it got stale in a hurry.
I can't believe some people actually expected a great match. I'm a Agassi fan, and I knew that after the Baghdattis match it would be tough, regardless of who the opponent was. From the moment he stepped on the court, you could see he was nothing like he was from even earlier this week.
But I still liked watchin it because you can bet your ass that any other player would've pulled out of the tournament or retired in that match. Agassi finished out of respect for his fans, no matter how much each point hurt to play.
But I still liked watchin it because you can bet your ass that any other player would've pulled out of the tournament or retired in that match. Agassi finished out of respect for his fans, no matter how much each point hurt to play.
jjk20 said:
I will always remember Agassi as an old bald headed man running around the court with a bad back being defeated by a player who won 2 ATP matches coming into the U.S. Open. Agassi time has passed a long time ago.
He should have retired at last year U.S. Open, at least go out with some dignity. Ball was slower than the ladies matches, with serves in the high 90’s. Terrible match cost viewers to miss a good one with Safin winning today.
I really don't understand how you can say that's what you will remember Agassi for, after all of his other accomplishments in his tennis career.
As for the second half of your post, read what I said already.
But I do realize that these days Safin rarely has a good win, and could see why you would wanna see that since his good wins are few and far between.
As for the second half of your post, read what I said already.
But I do realize that these days Safin rarely has a good win, and could see why you would wanna see that since his good wins are few and far between.
dysonlu
Professional
arosen said:
With all due respect to AA, me too, I wish he had lost to Bag instead of a nobody. At least, the VS Bag match was a memorable dual. I missed the first half of the match VS Becker but the last set was kinda pathetic. Both players hardly moved; it was like two senior retired old-timers playing each other in a charity match.
Also, no Agassi/Becker match would probably have meant more attention to the Safin/Nab match.
Anyway, farewell Andre.
The Grand Slam
Hall of Fame
Haha, did anyone see Roddick today? He was bowing like Agassi's been doing...
ACE of Hearts said:
Yup. Although I wont remember him for that match ( I'd have so liked his final match to be at night against Roddick ) he has been an awesome player over the years.
I'm afraid I cried with him at the end. They showed the classic quarter final of 2001 during yesterday's wash out. It was one of the all time great matches, neither he nor Sampras dropping serve.
That's the Aggi I'll remember.
EuroMagnum
Rookie
Would anybody happen to have the speech/interviews on YouTube? I really wish I could have seen the match, maybe they'll replay it sometime?
