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Voilà, c'est fini. 19-year-old Maria Sharapova won her second Grand Slam title, defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final. They came for what they thought would be a comfortable win for Baghdatis and a respectful exit for Agassi.And then the match turned into one of the most dramatic turn of events on the centre court.Agassi took the first two sets in a fairly text-book style. His backhand was falling exactly where he wanted it to. Both opponents embraced each other at the net and were rushed for immediate medical attention. Andre Agassi and Dani Vallverdu watch on as Grigor Dimitrov trains at the Australian Open. A match can last for an hour. There’s no telling what a simple break of serve can lead to.

But he had dedicated himself to making it to New York for the Open one more time, and two cortisone shots later, while standing “stick straight,” he had managed to beat Andrei Pavel in the first round. He had gone as far as he could.

Pas le plus grand joueur, mais la plus grande star. In the beginning of the third, Agassi even hit a shot between his legs after winning a point. From their 1995 US Open final match to 1999, their head-to-head was 9–3 in favor of Sampras. He fought every demon he had inside him to hold his save after eight deuces and lead 6-5.Agassi went on to break Baghdatis in the next game and take the match after nearly five hours. US Open Classics: Andre Agassi vs Marcos Baghdatis, second round, 2006 ... Agassi had been defying odds for years, but in 2006 he declared he had had enough. He was a medical wreck on court. He was leading 6-4, 6-4.Tennis is a beautiful game. Both were classic counter-punchers, both swung at the ball as early as possible and both were fierce returners.

Baghdatis fell to the ground, in unbearable pain. Baghdatis simply couldn’t make it click. Kim Clijsters was unable to defend her title due to injury. Baghdatis broke late in the fourth set yet again to level the match, taking the set 7-5.The fifth set produced the drama skyrocketing the match to the fame it’s known for today.At 5-5, Baghdatis started cramping. Andre Agassi of the USA in action during the final match at the US Open in Flushing Meadows on August 27, 1990 in New York, United States. They say legends don’t die easy, and Agassi proved it.

Agassi had been defying odds for years, but in 2006 he declared he had had enough. The winners began to flow from his racquet, and he came all the way back to steal the set.The two dueled to 4-4 in the fifth, and the audience only grew louder with each game. His face says, ‘We did that.’ I reach out, take his hand, and we remain this way, holding hands, as the TV flickers with scenes of our savage battle.”It was a battle that, when it began, Agassi didn’t believe he could win. Every point was cheered wildly by the audience. Andre Agassi à l'US Open en 2006. It was a classic case of mind over matter, where mind emerged a resolute winner. Agassi retired in 2006 after 20 years on the tour.

Agassi was serving to stay in the match.

Baghdatis could barely walk properly on the court, but he was fighting like his life depended on it.Through the course of that game at 5-5, Agassi was forced to save three break points.

At 21, with long hair, a flashy baseline game, and a wide smile, he reminded many of Agassi himself two decades earlier.But Agassi had help—23,000 screaming fans’ worth. Both the players knew that. The only difference between them was 8 Grand Slams, 15 years of age and 25,000 American fans.Agassi had been in terrible health. Two days later, he lost his last professional match to Germany’s Benjamin Becker in four sets, and told the fans, “I will take you and the memory of you with me for the rest of my life.”No memory could have been stronger—both for its pleasure and its pain—than his final victory two nights earlier.Dan Evans has proven he has the perfect game to frustrate the hard-hitting Russian. Every match ends in a handshake, but how many require two?The American and the Cypriot were barely able to move, but as they watched highlights of their match on ESPN, they managed to bring their hands together.“In my peripheral vision I detect slight movement,” Agassi recalled. The 2020 U.S. Open Challenge Court collection with inspiration from Andre Agassi. The eight-time Grand Slam champion, who turned 50 on Wednesday, was 36 at the time of his final ATP tournament.
But the loose atmosphere helped Baghdatis relax, too. But Baghdatis was No.

1 and Australian Open champion, in Melbourne. One mistimed forehand, one harmless double fault and the dynamics of the match turn around. A match can go on for a day. Everyone on the circuit and on court knew this. Roger Federer was successful in defending his 2005 title, defeating 2003 champion Andy Roddick in the final. Their playing styles were almost identical. Then, at the moment of maximum tension, it was Baghdatis’s turn to break down. At the start of the match, someone in the rafters set the tone by hollering, “Andre, this is your house, and it’s all of us against him!” It was an echo from the late 1980s, when Agassi had faced an aging Jimmy Connors at the Open, and a fan had pledged the stadium’s support to Jimbo by yelling, “He’s a punk and you’re a legend!” Now Agassi was the legend, and Baghdatis knew his role: “I’m the bad guy for tonight,” he said as he walked on court.For the first two sets, and for much of the fourth, the good guy was in control, to the delight of the crowd.

8 in the world and had reached the Wimbledon semifinals two months earlier. “I turn to see Baghdatis extending his hand. In many ways, he was exactly like a reflection of a younger Agassi himself. He cramped, and struggled to walk, yet he still prolonged the ninth game for another 16 thrilling, agonizing, seemingly never-ending points.Three games later, Agassi had his 870th win, and Arthur Ashe Stadium had reached peak decibel level. Whatever pain Agassi felt—he had received anti-inflammatory injections for three straight days—he hit through it, until he led 4-0 in the fourth set, and the match had turned into a party.
He was returning well.

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