End of Agassi...

Andre Agassi wasn't the only one in tears after his final U.S. Open match Sunday. His 21-year career, that included eight Grand Slam titles, ended in that match. He leaves with 60 singles titles, including a career Grand Slam, one of only five men to have won each of the sport's premier events -- something his great rival, Pete Sampras, never did, Roger Federer hasn't managed, and players such as John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors didn't accomplish, either.

Andre Agassi received a standing ovation of nearly 10 minutes after his final match.


He lost to 112th-ranked Benjamin Becker (7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5) in the third round at the U.S. Open.

Andre Agassi bid an emotional farewell to tennis fans Sunday as he lost his final match at the U.S. Open. There was barely a dry eye in the house when Agassi gave a heartfelt postmatch speech. In fact, with the last big draw in the field now gone, CBS officials were all but inconsolable.

And there was the liberating sense of excitement, of knowing he has more time to devote to his wife, Steffi Graf, and their two children; of knowing there are no more flights to catch, no more practice sessions, no more injections to dull the searing pain of an irritated sciatic nerve. That's why, for Agassi himself and the 20,000 or so fans who honored him with a raucous, four-minute standing ovation in Arthur Ashe Stadium after the match, it truly did not matter all that much what Sunday's outcome was.

What he said in the end...
"Well, I was sitting there realizing that I was saying goodbye to everybody out there, and they were saying goodbye to me. It's saying goodbye. It's a necessary evil. But we were getting through it together. That felt amazing."

"I don't take pride in my accomplishments. I take pride in the striving."
-- Andre Agassi

My comments...
Lets NOT forget this legend...