Agassi vs. Blake (Mens US Open)

andre's getting some tonight bye bye blake


if some one would have come into my house and stolen my money it would have been better.
 

roach23

Banned
wow. what a match! blake gave that game away. i needed that bigtime after getting fucked twice in baseball tonight
 
A Fairytale Ending For Agassi?

September 2, 2005
by Glaken Centaine

When it comes to sports wagering, it usually isn't the best policy to believe in fairytale endings.

However, be prepared to make an exception for the final Grand Slam event of the season, the US Open. After all, we watched a fairytale in New York three years ago when Pete Sampras pulled a rabbit out of the hat, collecting his first title in two years to end a glorious career in the finest of fashions, and then returning the next year in khakis and loafers, holding his son in an emotional farewell to Flushing Meadows.

I may be reaching for the stars, but Andre Agassi may be capable of a repeat show and is still available at an un believable -2000 at most sportsbooks. Agassi's record in New York is superb. He's a two-time winner (1994 and 1999) and has played some of the best tennis of his career on the Flushing Meadow's courts whose high bounce is ideal for his blistering returns.

Critics will say no player can win a Grand Slam at the age of 35 - although the oldest winner here in the Open era is Ken Rosewall, also 35, back in 1970 - but anyone who follows the tour regularly will know Agassi remains one of the fittest players around, thanks to a dogged determination and the whip-cracking of old friend and trainer Gil Reyes.

Many have been coughing up the 'too old' line ever since Agassi turned 30, and just look what he's managed to do here since then. Aside from a disappointing second-round exit in 2000, Agassi has always performed in New York. Since then he's had two quarter-final exits, one semi-final defeat and one loss in the final itself.

It's not a sensational record, but it's worth noting the opponents. Twice Agassi has come up against Sampras playing superhuman tennis, their 2001 and 2002 clashes regarded as two of the best matches played anywhere in recent years.

And last year it was Roger Federer, already rated by many as the best of all time, who stopped Agassi's run through the draw. In a match which rolled into a second day, Federer prevailed in a final set but it was by far and away his toughest match of the event in which he also played some of the best tennis of his career.

It's been said before, but at 35 Agassi has to know this is probably his last realistic chance of adding to his eight Grand Slam titles. Of course it will take more than the will to win for Agassi to triumph, but there are also more tangible reasons why it would be folly to ignore these claims. Good form is one.

During the North American hard court season, Agassi has won in Los Angeles and finished runner-up in Montreal. The draw has also helped. He has steered clear of Roger Federer and is instead in the side of the draw with Rafael Nadal his scheduled quarter-final opponent.

Injury has wrecked large chunks of Agassi's year to date, but the Las Vegas native has shown in reaching the Montreal final and winning in Los Angeles two weeks before, that he's still got game. Can he possibly roll back the years and make us believe in magic
 
Agassi plays these Epic matches and this will go down as one of his greatest ever.

He is a Tennis legend no doubt and did not quit
 
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