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10 years after last pro match, Agassi visits US Open
For all of his victories during two decades on the tennis tour, including eight Grand Slam titles, Andre Agassi looks back most fondly these days on the aftermath of a loss.
New York
During an interview in the city where he played his last professional match 10 years ago, Agassi called the way he walked away from the sport as good a moment as he had on Court during his lengthy, successful always-in-the-spotlight career on September 3, 2006, Agassi lost a third-round match at the U.S. Open against Benjamin Becker, then delivered an on-Court speech in Arthur Ashe Stadium to an adoring crowd that gave him a lengthy standing ovation as he headed into retirement.
“It really brought together what it’s all been about from the beginning, which is people and connection. And it put everything into perspective: the ups, the downs, the successes, the failures, the triumphs, the comebacks. I not only grew up in New York, but New York helped me grow up,” the 46-year-old Agassi said.
He famously wrote in his book “Open” that he always hated tennis “with a dark and secret passion”.
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