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Saturday, September 04, 2004

Andre Agassi according to CBS SportsLine

2004 PROFILE
Agassi clinched his 59th career singles and 17th ATP Masters Series title at the the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio, putting an end to his 16-month title drought.

He claimed his 800th career match win in the first round of the Mercedes-Benz Cup in Los Angeles, Calif. He is the sixth player to win 800 career matches.

He withdrew from Wimbledon with a hip injury.

He had won three consecutive titles and 19 straight matches at the Nasdaq-100 Open, in Miami, Florida before losing to Agustin Calleri.

He was 21-0, since 1999, and 39-3 lifetime, at the Australian Open, before the 2004 edition. Vince Spadea was the last player to have defeated Agassi in Melbourne, in 1999, before Safin did it in 2004.

He has won 58 singles events in his career, including 16 Masters Series and 8 Grand Slam titles.



2003 PROFILE
Agassi was the oldest man since Arthur Ashe (35) in 1978 to reach the final of the year-end championships, the Tennis Masters Cup, in Houston, Texas this year. He has qualified for the event 13 times during his career, and won the title in 1990 and was runner-up in 1999 and 2000.

He was the oldest player to have been ranked No. 1 in the ATP Entry System.

He played and won his 1,000th career match in the opening round at the Stella Artois Championships, in London, England.

He won a record sixth Miami Open, in Key Biscayne, Florida, where he holds a record 18 consecutive wins. Three-time champion Pete Sampras held the old record of 17 consecutive victories in 1993-95.

He has won 58 singles events in his career, including 16 Masters Series and 8 Grand Slam titles.
He is 21-0, since 1999, and 39-3 lifetime, at the Australian Open.

"She always wins. The problem is I can't always keep my eyes on the ball." - Andre Agassi on playing with wife Steffi Graf.

Verbatim from http://www.sportsline.com - where you can find stastical information about Andre's successful tennis career.

Federer, Agassi headline Saturday's play

I know you already reserved your special place on your coach for this evening Semifinal #2 on ESPN2. So, let's go with some tennis stuff!


Federer, Agassi headline Saturday's play
NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) -- Andre Agassi and Roger Federer headline the middle Saturday of the U.S. Open with Maria Sharapova playing a supporting role.

World number one Federer, looking to become the first man to win three grand slam titles in the same year since Mats Wilander in 1988, takes on wily Frenchman Fabrice Santoro in a third round match.

Agassi, bidding to become the oldest U.S. Open champion since Ken Rosewall in 1970, is also in third round action against 25th-seed Czech Jiri Novak.

With Agassi and Andy Roddick the only American men to reach the third round, the worst performance in the history of the tournament, the 34-year-old will be desperate to keep his interest alive into the second week.

Wimbledon champion Sharapova has not quite replicated her form of earlier in the summer at Flushing Meadows and she will have to sharpen up her game against former French and Australian Open champion Mary Pierce.

There are three other Russian women in action. Elena Bovina takes on in-form Lindsay Davenport, Svetlana Kuznetsova, the ninth seed, faces Amy Frazier, while Nadia Petrova is up against Silvia Farina Elia.

Top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne, the top seed and defending champion, continues her defence of the title against experienced American Lisa Raymond.

In men's singles, third seed Carlos Moya and fifth seed Tim Henman take on Olivier Rochus and Michal Tabara respectively.

Verbatim from http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Happy Labor weekend!

Good morning Las Vegas!

Well, it's already 11.27 :-) Anyway, have a great happy weekend and wonderful Labor day.

Stay tuned for some updates about tennis.

Franz