Tennis legend Andre Agassi is going to make his professional pickleball debut next week at the US Open Pickleball Championships in Naples, FL. The 53 year old Agassi (he turns 54 on April 29) was asked to play the mixed doubles event by Anna Leigh Waters, the top female player in the world, and accepted […] Continue to read full article...

Andre Agassi · Anna-Leigh Waters · Major League Pickleball · Naples FL · Pickleball · US Open

"I have played some unbelievable matches at the U.S. Open. Borg. I lost to Agassi one year on Armstrong after I wanted to beat the pants off him. And I beat him the following year badly in Memphis. I had some tough matches on court that I won - Fibak. I had eight match points against me against Roscoe Tanner one year. And I beat him in five sets. That was a strange match. Funny enough, there was an article written about the no-name players that made a huge impact at the U.S. Open. The guy wrote an article - I wish - I think I still have it - but the guy wrote it in the Wall Street Journal, just as an editorial, on a match that left him completely drained of emotion - was me and Roscoe. He was telling how I was the fiery one, fighting hard and bleeding everywhere, diving for balls. And Roscoe had eight match points and lost. And it was really cool to see a guy write about it. And it was for me, one of the most emotional matches of my life, playing him. Because I should have never won but I won." Continue to read full article...

AO · ATP · Australian Open · Bjorn Borg · Johan Kriek · Naples FL · South Africa