Andre Agassi believes that Rafael Nadal has earned the best to resolve when and the place he bows out of skilled tennis because the Spaniard’s retirement date looms in 2024.
Agassi, who received eight Majors in his profession and the elusive profession Grand Slam, was the right host on Saturday for the 2 Spanish tennis gamers (Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz).
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He met them within the morning at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, though he did not get to play with them. There, the 54-year-old revealed particulars of his dialog with the 37-year-old, who introduced final yr that 2024 shall be his ultimate yr on the ATP Tour.
“Rafa jogged my memory of me after I was approaching retirement and I had folks like Roddick behind me, now it’s Alcaraz as we speak”, defined the American tennis legend.
“He deserves to retire when and the place he needs. I hope his physique permits him to make the choice when it’s actually clear to him.”
Relating to the Netflix match, Agassi believes the exhibition match will solely carry advantages to tennis: “I hope it is going to be an excellent duel between two gamers who’re in two fully completely different moments of their profession,” he stated.
“It is a win for tennis and for Las Vegas that the 2 are measuring themselves right here. The selection of the 2 is one of the best that Netflix may do on this case.”
Having been by means of the method earlier than, Agassi nonetheless remembers his final match as knowledgeable on the US Open: “It was in opposition to Benjamin Becker, and for those who ask me after I was 25 years previous, I might have stated it could have been in opposition to Boris Becker. The opponent would not make it any much less particular,” he added.
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Agassi, born in Las Vegas, was the image of sports activities within the metropolis of Nevada within the Nineties till the city took a raffle on having its personal groups just like the Aces, champions of the ladies’s basketball league. As well as, Sin Metropolis has performed host in organizing occasions such because the Tremendous Bowl, Formulation One Grand Prix and this Sunday, the Netflix Slam between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.
The Aces play their matches on the Michelob Extremely Enviornment, a 12,000-seat stadium that may host the intriguing encounter between the 2 ‘Grand Slam’ winners.
The taking part in floor has been dyed black to offer better definition to the printed for viewers at dwelling, with the streaming platform Netflix anticipating a big portion of its hundreds of thousands of subscribers to tune in.
