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    Only boxers can understand the loneliness of tennis players - and yet boxers have their corner men and managers. Even a boxer's opponent provides a kind of companionship, someone he can grapple with and grunt at. In tennis you stand face-to-face with the enemy, trade blows with him, but never touch him or talk to him, or anyone else. The rules forbid a tennis player from even talking to his coach while on the court. People sometimes mention the track-and-field runner as a comparably lonely figure, but I have to laugh. At least the runner can feel and smell his opponents. They're inches away. In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement....


    — Andre Agassi

    #loneliness #opponents #solitary-confinement #tennis #men



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    Agassi won three Masters Series events in 1995 (Cincinnati Key Biscayne and the Canadian Open) and seven titles total. His comeback culminated at the 1994 US Open with a five-set fourth-round victory against compatriot Michael Chang. R.

    Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game. He also won 17 ATP Masters Series titles and was part of a winning Davis Cup team in 1990 and 1992. He is the founder of the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation which has raised over $60 million for at-risk children in Southern Nevada.

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