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More than two decades have passed since an American male tennis player won a Grand Slam, but Andre Agassi believes that drought could end soon.
Agassi and Andy Roddick took home a Grand Slam in 2003, but the United States has appeared empty since then.
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have assumed the sport, rewriting the history books in the process. Pete Sampras won the 14 Grand Slams before those three even won the first.
Since then, all they have done is Sop By Sampras. Federer has 20, Nadal 22 and Djokovic 24.
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Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz pose for a photo along with the legend of Andre Agassi tennis after the men’s final of the US 2024 Open at the National Tennis Center Usta Billie Jean King. (Mike Frey/Imagn images)
“It’s interesting. We have been spoiled in past years. [John] Mcenroe, [Jimmy] Conners, Andy Roddick. But the truth is that there have been three types that have been quite sandy for a long time in Rafa, Novak, = Federal, “Agassi said in a recent interview with Pak Gazette Digital.
Agassi claimed to mention that the United States has its share of stars. Taylor Fritz occupies fourth place; Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton occupy position 12 and 13, respectively; Frances Tiafoe is 16ยบ; and Sebastian Korda is 23.
And Agassi believes that the courts full of American players could feed other Americans to finally overcome the hump.
Andre Agassi believes that a player born in the United States will soon take home a Grand Slam. (Robert Deutsch, USA today)
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“One thing I can say from experience is that I needed Pete, and needed Jim [Courier]. Each of us helped the other to believe that something was possible. … I think these guys, when we look at these great stadiums and these great moments, I am seeing you on the other side of the network, it makes me believe that I belong here, “said Agassi.
“I hope that is the crux we need. I think Ben Shelton has such a great advantage. That is the good thing about tennis. They are the gladiators, and you have to solve it day by day,” he said.
Since 2004, 84 Grand Slams have been played (there was no Wimbledon in 2020), and the three greats of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic combined to win 65 of them. Of the remaining 19 and 13, he was won by Andy Murray (three), Stan Wawrinka (three), Jannik Sinner (three) and Carlos Alcaraz (four). No one else in that period has won more than one.
Jannik Sinner plays in the men’s final of the US 2024 Open at the Usta Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on September 8, 2024. (Robert Deutsch/Imagn images)
It has been nothing more than the domain of non -Americans since 2003, and Sinner and Alcaraz have won each of the last five Grand Slams, but Agassi believes that a change occurs soon.
