![]() ![]() 112 Benjamin Becker of Germany stopped Agassi, Andy Roddick lost the championship match to Roger Federer. This is also the 10th anniversary of the last American male's appearance in a US Open final. It was the last US Open match of his career. Agassi sat, trying to compose himself, after losing to Benjamin Becker in four sets in 2006. It echoes like a fitting eulogy for perhaps the greatest generation of male tennis players ever produced in the U.S., the generation that included fellow Grand Slam champions Pete Sampras, Jim Courier and Michael Chang. 3 afternoon after Agassi lost in the third-round of the 2006 US Open resonates with even greater meaning. "And I mean it every bit the way anyone would hear or read that statement."Ī decade later, the extraordinary scene that unfolded on the floor of Ashe that Sept. "It was my greatest moment on a tennis court," Agassi recently told. Taking it all in, Agassi felt that he finally understood what tennis meant in his life and what he had meant in the lives of tennis fans. They stood clapping and cheering, whistling and crying out, some with tears welling in their eyes. Over 23,000 spectators had stood showering Agassi with applause and cheers for more than four minutes before he even stepped out to address them. It was Andre Agassi's farewell speech, delivered on the floor of Arthur Ashe Stadium a decade ago at the US Open.įew speeches had ever had to satisfy so intense a build-up. It wasn't merely sweet it was heart-wrenchingly sincere. ![]() It wasn't merely short it was divinely concise. ![]()
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