![]() ![]() ![]() I hit an ace on the final point."īecker said that day is brought up to him by others "quite often, obviously, but I understand it," and he referred to having "the honor of playing him in the last match."Īgassi, who won the U.S. ![]() Then he paused, before adding with a grin: "But I remember I won. Open on Tuesday, losing in the first round.Īsked what he recalls most from his long-ago match against Agassi, Becker replied: "It was a tough match, and I don't remember that much." "I'll give charity lessons," he said, "but that's about it."īecker, who is 35, was on court at the U.S. He famously wrote in his book "Open" that he always hated tennis "with a dark and secret passion" because of his overbearing father, and so maybe it shouldn't come as any surprise that Agassi said he rarely picks up a racket these days. "And I've got to say, I look back on that moment as probably the best moment I've ever had on a tennis court." "So when all of a sudden it was over, and there was that raw emotion - both on my end and 20,000 other people who were in the stadium - it made me realize how connected we've all been over the years," he continued, thinking back on that occasion. I not only grew up in New York, but New York helped me grow up," the 46-year-old Agassi said. And it put everything into perspective: the ups, the downs, the successes, the failures, the triumphs, the comebacks. ![]() "It really brought together what it's all been about from the beginning, which is people and connection. ![]()
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