Akit hozzám hasonlóan zavar, hogy egyesek öncélúan zárt topicot csinálnak és kiskirályt játszanak benne, azonkívül szereti Agassit vagy csak véleménye van róla, az ide bármikor írhat.
Star treatment Never short of requests, Andre Agassi signs autographs after a practice round at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. (Sun-Sentinel/Jim Rassol)
For much of Andre Agassi's 21-year career, the start of the new season always came with a rush of enthusiasm after weeks of intensive training. This year, however, the 35-year-old tennis icon isn't approaching the beginning of his 2006 campaign with quite as much confidence. Courtesy of a wild card, Agassi is making his first stop of the season as the top seed at the $380,000 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, which begins Monday. It will be Agassi's first appearance at the ITC. Since a four-set loss to world No. 1 Roger Federer at the U.S. Open last September, Agassi has played just one match and spent the rest of the time recovering from an ankle injury. ''Usually by the time I'm going on the court, I'm firing on all cylinders,'' said Agassi, who drew a sizable crowd during a practice session Saturday at the Delray Beach Tennis Center. ``But in this case, it's been a while since I really moved and tested my body and my ankle and all that. ``It's been a bit of a rushed feeling on the court -- more urgency than I can remember.'' An eight-time Grand Slam champion, Agassi's intention is to find his tennis legs here before winging his way to upcoming events in San Jose, Calif., Dubai and Palm Springs, Calif. To that aim, Agassi has crafted an agenda he would like to meet here at Delray Beach. ''Some practices have been better than others, and I just hope I can get comfortable quick on the court,'' Agassi said. One advantage Agassi believes he brings to this week is that South Florida presents a comfort zone for him. His wife, Steffi Graf, lived in Boca Raton throughout her career and the couple often spent time here early in their relationship. Agassi, Graf and their two children arrived in South Florida 10 days ago. Agassi will face Brazilian Ricardo Mello, the 2004 Delray champion, in the first round. In their only other career meeting at the 2003 Houston quarterfinals, Mello won only one game.
Andre Agassi held court with South Florida television stations Friday on Fisher Island, but it was back to business Saturday as he practiced in the afternoon at the Delray Beach Stadium and Tennis Center. As expected, the eight-time Grand Slam winner is the top seed, and will open his 2006 season Monday night (not before 7:00 pm) against 2004 Delray Beach champion and Brazilian baseliner Ricardo Mello.
Moodie-nak nem orulok, a szervai miatt nem lesz egyszeu meccs. Meg Malisse sem, a US Open-en is okozott gondokat. Meglatjuk, de egyaltalan nem lehetetlen megnyerni:)
(1WC) AGASSI, Andre USA v MELLO, Ricardo BRA REYNOLDS, Bobby USA v DELGADO, Ramon PAR PHAU, Bjorn GER v GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP Qualifier v (5) MOODIE, Wesley RSA
(3) MALISSE, Xavier BEL v (WC) SARGSIAN, Sargis ARM GIMELSTOB, Justin USA v UDOMCHOKE, Danai THA MARACH, Oliver AUT v SAULNIER, Cyril FRA BERRER, Michael GER v (6) MAYER, Florian GER
(7) MULLER, Gilles LUX v Qualifier Qualifier v SABAU, Razvan ROM PATIENCE, Olivier FRA v PAVEL, Andrei ROM KUNITSYN, Igor RUS v (4) HAAS, Tommy GER
(8) SPADEA, Vincent USA v WANG, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE Qualifier v KIM, Kevin USA (WC) FISH, Mardy USA v GREUL, Simon GER LEE, Hyung-Taik KOR v (2) GINEPRI, Robby USA
Andy Roddick did not enter the Delray Beach ITC qualifying tournament this evening. Tournament Director Mark Baron said: "Andy had informed us that he was considering playing in our qualifying tournament, as direct entries were closed and our wild cards had been distributed weeks in advance. However, he did not commit and after careful consideration following training today, Andy told us that he would not participate in the qualifying tournament. He instead will remain in South Florida and resume training for the upcoming Davis Cup tie. We were obviously looking forward to Andy's participation, we wish him good luck next week and we hope he will play next year." Roddick's only option to play the Delray Beach event was to win through the qualifying rounds. Roddick did not enter the main draw and tournament organizers had already allocated their wild cards.
