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Bionic Poster
I had a little time today to look at Agassi's final USO run in 2006, and those that remember, Agassi had announced in 2006 at Wimbledon that he was going to retire at the USO that very same year. When the draw came out, my eyes immediately went to Agassi - Roddick 4th round showdown.
I thought, what could be a better way for Agassi to retire, than on Ashe playing Roddick, who was the guy carrying the torch for American tennis after the Sampras/Agassi era. I felt it would be the perfect send off. I remember cheering like crazy in that classic fight against Baggy in the 2nd round, and then thinking he should get past Ben Becker in the third round now that he has the momentum to make the date with Roddick.
Unfortunately it didn't happen, and it was kind of ironic, that Boris Becker being his mortal enemy during his playing days, he ended up losing to a B Becker in his last match. I felt we kind of lost out on a special moment, but that is sport, doesn't always go the way you want it. If I could change who Agassi would be retired by, then Roddick would be the perfect choice, and we were one match away from it.
Another was Santaro, I agreed with him when he said he wanted his last match to be with Federer. He said that Federer was the only guy who did what he did, but did it better, and he would have liked nothing better than to be sent into retirement than by him.
Do you have any that you wished could have happened?
I thought, what could be a better way for Agassi to retire, than on Ashe playing Roddick, who was the guy carrying the torch for American tennis after the Sampras/Agassi era. I felt it would be the perfect send off. I remember cheering like crazy in that classic fight against Baggy in the 2nd round, and then thinking he should get past Ben Becker in the third round now that he has the momentum to make the date with Roddick.
Unfortunately it didn't happen, and it was kind of ironic, that Boris Becker being his mortal enemy during his playing days, he ended up losing to a B Becker in his last match. I felt we kind of lost out on a special moment, but that is sport, doesn't always go the way you want it. If I could change who Agassi would be retired by, then Roddick would be the perfect choice, and we were one match away from it.
Another was Santaro, I agreed with him when he said he wanted his last match to be with Federer. He said that Federer was the only guy who did what he did, but did it better, and he would have liked nothing better than to be sent into retirement than by him.
Do you have any that you wished could have happened?
