Agassi finds few places of comparison in modern 'aggressive' field


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 29 Sep 2019

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Australian Open - Fourth Round - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, January 20, 2019. Andre Agassi, coach of Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, watches Dimitrov's match against Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. REUTERS/Edgar Su

NEW YORK (Reuters) - As a tennis player, Andre Agassi defied comparison. And as a retiree, the eight-times Grand Slam champion would rather not try himself.

Reflecting on his career on Saturday, at the Longines Global Champions Tour in New York, Agassi said the game today had simply changed too much for him to find an analogue among the sport's current top performers.

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