10 Minutes Of Andre Agassi MADNESS
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Cleanest hitter that ever lived. Timing like a metronome, backhand like a steam press. When he was on, it was like watching a cat play with a wounded mouse.
Agree 110%
And people of the newer generation don't understand why we aren't as impressed as they are with Djokovic, Nadal and Federer
I saw a video of him making the opponent retire from exhaustion. He was running the poor guy left and right. Couldn’t find the video anymore. I think it was in Europe
@@testplatform582 In his last career victory, Agassi made Marcos Baghdatis cramp up in the fifth set. He really was The Punisher all the way to the end.
@@beemac79 surprised to hear that people of the old generation aren't impressed with federer who literally plays with a very classic all court style..
Not a big tennis fan by any means but a massive fan of this guy, his biography is up there with one the best I've ever read.
The greatest ever. He invented the modern game.
Agassi was a fine player, not the greatest ever. Went to a huge racket in his later years much like Djokovic. The question is, to play with skill or just make lots of money? Some people choose money over skill. LOL. But in the end, all money buys is weakness.
no he didn't. lendl and becker were the first power baseline players
@@z1az285 Lendl and Becker are good but they're less powerful than Agassi.
No screaming, no fist bumps, no jumping - just business as usual. That’s my favourite part about this.
The way tennis should be - my personal most hated things of today's 'tennis stars' - the finger up behind the ear to gee up the crowd, the constant yelps of 'c'mon', the constant looking at the players box for affirmation, the both hands up and fingers twitching - just the whole look-at-me vibe sends me batty. Andre hits a brilliant winner and walks back and points to his towel....that's it - how it should be. No demonstrative behavior (oops just noticed at 3:53 c'mon Andre be better :) ), just class - from pretty much that whole era and before (except for Hewitt, the arrogant little twerp...)
Ah he was smiling the whole time and pointing at the crowd. Still made it about them. And blowing kisses to them for their cheering. How awesome. @@scottbarlow3023
@@scottbarlow3023 LOL, are you kidding, this is the reason people watch. We NEED these folk in the Tennis world, its great entertainment and gets bums on seats at games.
@@thedappercookBeing up yourself is good theatre - good for game? Teaching up and coming tennis players to act badly on court, show disrespect to the chair umpire, scream at the ball kids, arrogantly strut around is good for the game? No doubt you’d be first in line at a hanging because it’s good theatre. Jannik Sinner must shit you off for winning the AO with class. Never saw an empty seat when Borg was playing. He was the prototypical ‘good for the game’ player. You must’ve been bored with Federer - not street enough for you?
@@jkscoutYes he was 😂 He was just in Australia for the AO - still humble.
The best return of serve of anybody ever in the game.
Winning points like it's as easy as breathing- no need to congratulate himself after every winning shot. THIS is classic boss behavior. LOVE.
What a player....my favorite one.
Best ever ,great player great man
My all time favorite player. If it were not for that back injury I think he wins a few more majors. He would have at least played a few more years.
What a legendary player and person u are. Long live the Agassi fan base!!! God bless you Andre
Seriously, this is amazing! Agassi is one of the best competitors in this game. Memorable 5 setters!
Agassi hits the ball so clean. He used powerful struck, sharply accurate groundstrokes which had very low error-percentage. He had a decent, but not particularly dominating service game compared to top 20 players. His signature play was the wide drive that swings out of court on both sides, low and spinning. He could take high balls on the backhand and forehand side and return them with acute angles and low trajectories and used these skills with great tactical intelligence.
His ground game was complemented by his anticipation, speed and ability to end points at the net. Agassis trademark shot is his double-handed backhand down-the-line, which was often regarded as the best double-handed backhand on the men's tour. Agassi had the best eye-hand coordination, and had the ability to pick the ball up easier than anyone. He moved into the return and drove it back hard, sometimes harder than the serve itself.
I enjoyed this summary of Andre's
game.
Now do the remaining best 100 players in history, thanks!
lol copy and pasted from wiki and this guy tried to palm it off as his own 😂😂
He hit >1000000 balls/year as a child so… I’d expect him to be in the clouds skill wise
fantastic!
His anticipation of serve and stepping forward to take it on the rise were unparalleled. Closest thing to playing a cat.
He was almost complete when he appeared first in the circus. But I remember when he got service issues after a shoulder injury and everybody expected this to be the end of his career - and then he came back with a better service than he ever had before. It was then I realised he was about to become a GOAT. And I am thankful for enjoying his kind of game!
He wasn’t in the circus. He’s a tennis player.
Nobody ever had his ability to change direction,and not hit the ball back from were it came,insane talent
Sinner now is similar, isn't he?
My all time favourite player. Almost forgot how powerful his hits were...
My favorite player to watch of all time. Hard to believe Agassi and Rafa played at the same time
And Agassi vs Lendl too. That makes it even more crazy.😉
Agasssi feasted on second serves from some of the greatest servers ever. Some of their first efforts as well. He is the best at returning serve I have ever watched.
Agassi invented modern ground strokes.
His ‘92 Wimbledon run made me a tennis fan.
Court speeds were slowed because of the indignity of this genius having to watch helplessly as Sampras aced him on courts still meant for wooden racquets.
agassi winning '92 wimbledon was like pedro martinez pitching a sub - 2 ERA at the height of the steroid era. such an outlier it literally makes no sense. six of the top 10 seeds were serve and volleyers and 3 of 4 semifinalists. being a baseliner at 90s wimbledon was not conducive to your mental health, yet agassi beat them all cuz his ground strokes were so outrageously good.
@@oldfrend Still one of the greatest Slam wins ever imo.
@@oldfrend Absolutely. Going through Becker and Ivanisevic in epic 5-setters on that court surface with his gamestyle was an unreal accomplishment.
agree
agassi and borg yeah
Best return of serve ever!! and he could hit a winner right of off his feet
The best passing shots. And return winners.
Agassi v2.0 was a BEAST.😌😌
Sampras was a beast no doubt but this guy made tennis so fun to watch best returner to ever pick up a racket punishing you from the baseline making you run run run.
André my favourite of all time.......el sonido limpio de la bola, el timing perfecto, la mejor devolución de saque, la capacidad para pegarle a la pelota mientras subía y también de sobrepique, impresionante....
Exacto! Le pegaba a la bola cuando estaba subiendo y con eso ganaba tiempo y no dejaba que los rivales se pudieran volver a posicionar.
That backhand is unreal. It is such a short backswing. The winner against Nadal, taking the ball early after a high return, is sensational. I hadn't seen that point before.
The on the rise backhand winner against nadal is up there for me
Yep, one of my favorites. Yuou can watch tennis for years and never see that shot again.
It's called a half-volley...😝
That was technically a half volley.
he was the transition to the modern game
Seeing nadal here makes me realize how long he is been on the tour
Yep and it wasn't baby Nadal either; he was already a Slam winner
That last minute is some of the best tennis we will likely never witness again in a lifetime
That shot at 1:45…. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
my fav player of all time his story is also amazing i recommend everyone his book opened 💪
the name of the book is "Open", and I also recommend it! :)
Those fast courts and tennis players. Now we have slow courts and machines
the era when tennis was still fun to watch.
you guys do realize ATP slowed down the courts because serve dominated matches were getting incredibly boring to watch and tennis popularity was declining, right?
No was not the only reason, they decreased speed to increase viewing time for people paying high ticket prices and more commercials - advertisements
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And actually, i know the exact opposite, the people I know sho watched then say that the best matches they saw were in the nineties and that tennis became boring in comparison with low speed lengthy up-downs with no point and. Waiting for opponent to make mistake, fewer winners, and no variability in the contrast of baseliners vs volleyers which was the most beautiful thing in the sport, this contrast of chosen style, with everyone same style after that like copies of one another. And with much less ckntrast of tournaments with all grand slams more or less the same even if there is a little difference dtill but very little in comparison to before. Before a gret player in one tournament would face big difference in other tournament and find very hard time. Why do you think golden slam mostly happened in the last years, because the players are better? Is mostly because all slams are almost same.
Before huge differences. Just go watch how was before. Big 3 are overrated because noone wants to say the truth or to see analytically the changes. They are still among the goats as others of their eras but overrated by the inflation of number result of many changes.
Most fans these days are too young to remember when Rafa and Roger were young, much less what it was like in the 1990s, having to watch a bunch of taciturn serve and volleyers slap ace after ace past each other in silence. Me watching in the US, where the finals were on early Sunday morning, it was brutal staying awake through Sampras finals.
@@innosanto I watched real serve and volleying in the 80s, before racquets turned the serving into howitzer warfare. The 90s version was completely broken. No need to volley when the serve was all you needed.
As punishment for your belief in those people's lies about how good it was, I sentence you to watching nothing but Sampras matches for the rest of the year.
@@jon-quijano
the guy lives in complete denial
no one is to blame for slow courts more than Sampras
Probably the most skilled player ever for his height.
Best on-the-rise ball hitter, among many other qualities. One of my all-time favorites.
Watching this makes me want to switch to oversized racquet again
What a player.
I miss this man
Agassi and Kyrgios…my two faves
Man I wish there were more American tennis players that reach atleast a shadow of the heights this guy reached.
American male tennis died in the 90s
And Pete Sampras during same era. Sampras won 14 grand salamis.
@@Rick-C-117 dude surprise! I know who Sampras is!
Jokes aside, obviously I mean after the big 3 era.
The Williams sisters smoke AA on the all time stage cmon now
@@sharifs649You’re right. We had Roddick for a while, although it was sad to see him keep reaching finals only to get punished by Roger. And you can’t just have one guy carrying the torch. Maybe one day…
The best counter puncher ever…
One of the best returner of serve
Not even Federer hit the ball so elegantly. Agassi has such beautiful technique & control.
never seen andre shank a ball compared to the big 3
You're blind. Federer is a swan on the courts
Fantastico Agassi 👏
This is a birthday tribute to Andre. But could Tennis TV do some videos breaking down the shots he developed for the modern game?
-The compact motion of the forehand, from backswing to followthrough
-The two-hand backhand in general, which was an outlier at the time, but especially his timing, contact point and shape
-The flat drive volleys, inventing the idea of using ground strokes at the net
-The aggressive return game
-The topspin lob
Tennis TV could fill 10-minute clips with examples of these the way you have clips on Federer or Nadal forehand winners, etc.
Come on, Tennis TV! Before the game starts turning over towards new stars, use this moment to appreciate the pioneers who brought us to how the game is played now.
Well said - it's also the economy of movement he has - no wasted energy.
Two handed backhand was already developed by Connors/Borg
The drive volley was used by mcEnroe/Connors
Ditto for the return of serve
Compact forehand Ok
@@dickn.ormous1064 Vivian McGrath and John Bromwich had double handed backhands in the 1930’s predating Borg/Connors by 4 decades. Both Aussies.
NOTHING like that crazy good tennis these days♥️🎾♥️
My favorite is 8:32 , even after that great defensive lob by Kuerten , Agassi takes the ball on the rise
Mine too. That shot is just incredible.
Agassi's constant ability to keep the ball away from his opponent was always a joy to watch.
If his first serve was about 10 mph faster he would have had a lot more slams... my fav player of all time even though i used the pro staff
What a clean hitter Andre was. One of the best!
Amazing that Andre didn’t feel the need to pump his fist on every point like most of the younger players male and female do now.
Agassi was considered flamboyant for his time.
did we not watch the same video of him blowing kisses and bowing to the crowd?? lol
@@destrya unique behavior for him, c'mon dude. watch the rest of the video. the OP did indeed read "every."
@@jon-quijano- Yes, he was flamboyant, but he was’nt always celebrating his great shots. Look at Connors clips for comparison.
Absolute talent and sill my favourite player 👍
Best returner
His Bio, "OPEN" was is a great read!
what a legend
The best serve returner in the game. IMO has the best 2 handed backhand ever. Funny how I was an Agassi fan back in the 90s over Sampras but when Roger arrived, he became my favorite. Pete’s style looks more like Rogers but Andre was the man. To drop out of top 100 ranking and make his way back to number 1 is amazing. He definitely was talented and a fan favorite in the 90s
When court were actually fast, nowadays it is just a slimeshow. But Andre Agassi was an excellent player, one of the greatest IMO
Honestly, i can't even imagine a person who wouldn't admit that he's one of the greatest in tennis history
No most of these highlights courts were already slow. They started gradually slowing down around 97. During the latter era of Sampras career the courts had already slowed down and he had to adjust his play. And rhey were becoming more and more and by around 2000 they were all slow even Wombledon ( they changed the mixes of the soil, they were experimenting long time)
@@innosanto The World Championships switched from indoor carpet in Frankfurt to indoor hardcourt (plexicushion) in Hanover. I think the change was made in 1997. Most hardcourts became medium slow by the late 1990s. Indian Wells and Miami were slow throughout the whole of the 1990s
@@iam2m
Exactly!! 💯❤️😂
I think tennis tv forgot to say today its his birthday, and no one noticed either, that's why this video lol
Loved Aggasi. ❤❤
That short-hop backhand against Nadal is my favorite ever shot of his. You can watch a LOT of tennis and never see that shot again.
So true. Goes to show how rare it is to have such good timing like Agassi
That was such a signature shot of his, for sure. I saw a bit of it from Karatsev last year, but he hasn't been as bold with it this year.
Agassi's other great trademark was the topspin lob, but there were zero highlights of him using it here. Murray gets all the credit for being an elite lobber, and Agassi actually invented the attacking lob.
It's called a half-volley...😝😝
I’ve said before that some people have a nervous system that can do things others can’t.
Agasdi the best ❤
Мой любимый теннисист навсегда!
great, thank you andrew
He was amazing. Great compliation, but sad there's no Andre Agassi - James Blake action from the US Open! One of my favorite matches I've ever seen.
This is also one of my favorite matches ever. 😊
you can see the one with Bagdhatis , not bad.....
this channel doesn’t have rights to slams so they can’t include that match or any other grand slam matches
@@willt5195 I'm seeing it right now, strange...
@@willt5195 Yes, I know, it's just a little disappointing, that's all :)
El mejor para mi, verlo jugar era un espectaculo!
Grande Agassi...!!!
no ordinary player 🧡❤️
His backhand arguably the bread butter shot. He wins a lot from that wing.
1:42 That's Agassi in a nutshell. Amazing ball striking.
Last outfit was so class and the aus’95 french open 95…. Mythic!!
LEGEND
I wasn't an Agassi fan back in the day, Sampras was my guy, but I certainly am an Agassi fanboy now. His matches with Pistol Pete are some of the greatest rallies ever played in any sport. I see more of Agassi's game in modern tennis than any other male player, and he is undoubtedly one of, if not THE greatest rally players in history. The only thing he lacked was a big first serve. Agassi with a Roddick-style first serve would have been unstoppable.
That last shot❤
My favorite ever
Agassi was the perfect example of how a baseline player should play. His parallel passing shots were a feast for the eye. We don‘t see them these days.
We definitely see them. But almost everybody nowadays can move to get those shots back unless they are absolutely crushed. Courts are slower as well.
Return GOAT
Hard courts were changed to be slower and slow clay courts were made faster.
And it was probably the right thing to do because at slow courts points would last a lot and players often tried to not make mistakes instead of going for the point. And at hard courts, just the oppossite, there were hardly any exchange.
That's why big servers can do well at clay.
Iconic
Impossible to hit the ball that cleanly with that little prep. Impossible. Everyone after him played on courts designed to advantage slower play but he was the one who stood up to the serve-volleyers in a time when the courts made them nearly unbeatable
So much better than the toxic roar the men display today. Agassi was class. That smile of joy when winning. :)
1:42 im dead
The modern tennis game started with Andre.
no it didn't. lendl and becker were the first power players and lendl established the standard for physical fitness and professionalism. andre took it to the next level.after 1999
For me, he's like a movie star
I really wonder what Agassi would have been like if his prime was in the last 10 years. I think a top 10 player for sure. His game was more built for the modern Era.
His game built the modern era!
Prime Agassi in the last 10 years likely would have been top 5, that tiny notch below the big 3, in the same league as the Murrays, Wawrinka, Del Potro, etc.
@@daniluzzu without the injuries.. so just behind them or even IN a big 4.
he’ll be part of the big 4, and he’d dominate the AO and US open.
@@outatime16 pretty accurate.
My favorite player of all time. 4:15 the best outfit in the history of tennis.
The goat
Gees I miss his play
Wow....
Good
AGASS1 reborn in NO1E
Not sure if I’ve ever seen someone hit a ball around with a racket so well….
For the longest time Agassi had the best two handed backhand, (both return and baseline) until Djokovic showed up.
Nalby
Before Djokovic there were also Nadal …
Agassi returns were mostly against Pete, Rafter, Becker and then Fed in super fast courts. His returns also were not a nuetralizing shot that Nole's is. He usually did not have the luxury of hitting it down the middle deep like Nole does as most were rushing the net. Agassi's goundstorkes with todays racket and string tech would be a different level than what we saw in the early 2000s.
Agassi has better backhand winners and passing shots then Djokovic. Also better return winners.
Djokovic has better defense and better “pressure-aggressive” defence.
Agassi still has better attacks with backhand than Djokovic.
Exactly. A defensive player like Djokovic cannot be compared with Agassi’s shot making 2-hander.
watched less tennis after Agassi retired, rarely watch tennis these days
What would you consider prime Agassi? 95’aus open/ 95´ us summer or later when he Came back from hell 99-00’ Agassi?
The 95-96 look was insane and the level was omg but he burnt out.
I would pick 95’ Agassi
Must be Andre's birthday
Tienes puntos contra lendl, becker, Sampras, kuerten, corretja, ferrero, hewitt, federer, Nadal, jugó contra tres generaciones de jugadores y siempre estuvo arriba, asi de bueno era.
Agassi was the face of American tennis! An era of great American players that sadly will never repeat!
What do you mean never repeat? Ever heard of Venus and Serena Williams, they are both American and they elevated American dominance in tennis - women's tennis, but still American tennis. If you meant to say Agassi 's contribution to men's tennis, then I agree....but one still has to factor in Pete Sampras. Pete is my all time American tennis player. Loved both players though.
@@samakin9804 Growing up, nodody was as popular as Agassi by a mile. We all bought rPrince, Air Challenge, shirts, etc to be like Agassi. Kids didn't want to be like Sampras. Women's tennis was never popular and even less today. True, Williams sisters' legacy will never be equaled by a mile also....sad.
Great tennis player, great human being and he remains in my memory as a greatest that pushed with colors and style the "white sport". I'll always admire him and his career. 🏆🎾🎾🎾🎾🏆🥇
Invented the modern tennis, also dominated SABR 20 years earlier of Fed
Agassi still going strong in life. Boom Boom Becker now in prison
Ассалому алайкум. Ажойиб, Агассининг чиройли уйинлари теннис тарихда унутилмас из колдирди.
Mannarino has the same short swing, right?
Both had cleft lip for 86 days
Agassi was a power baseliner before it was a viable winning style. He’s like the OG Djokovic
Actually he won a surprising number of points at the net and on midcourt half volleys