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04/30 13:17 CDT Andre Agassi wins his professional pickleball debut with
partner Anna Leigh Waters
Andre Agassi wins his professional pickleball debut with partner Anna Leigh
Waters
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) --- Andre Agassi won his professional pickleball debut a day
after turning 55, teaming with 18-year-old Anna Leigh Waters to defeat a pair
of even younger teens 11-8, 9-11, 11-7 in the mixed pro division at the U.S.
Open Pickleball Championships on Wednesday.
Agassi is an eight-time Grand Slam champion who retired from professional
tennis in 2006. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame five
years later.
He has participated in made-for-TV pickleball exhibitions with other former
tennis players and can be seen pitching pickleball equipment via social media.
Agassi will be a studio analyst for TNT Sports during the semifinals and finals
at the French Open this year. He won the title at Roland Garros in 1999 to
complete a career Grand Slam.
Pickleball is a mix of tennis and ping pong that uses paddles and a wiffleball.
It quickly rose from nearly nothing to more than 13 million players in the
United States in just a few years.
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AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis
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