tennis scoop

I’m no Agassi fan. But if the likes of Coleen Rooney, Cheryl Cole and their footballer spouses could write an account of their journey from rags to riches. Why the hell not a Tennis Hall of Famer? I don’t particularly agree with Marat Safin. Although I wasn’t really surprised by the revelations. So the rock star of tennis was not entirely squeaky clean? It was a colourful career. There was the battle with his stage father. Apparently according to a Jim Courier interview I read in ’96, the 1991 French Open champion once saw the elder Agassi threw his son’s trophy in the bin after a tournament when they were still in their early teens. There were issues with Bollettieri. There were a few critical moments about his long hair and ear piercings. There was the marriage to Brooke Shields. There was the union with Steffi Graf, who was no slouch in the game of tennis. There were the kids. He earned a lot from endorsements. Who needed the big serve when you can return serve like Andre Agassi? He could have won more titles. But who cares, he has personality, and that’s what people like.