Andre Agassi wins professional pickleball debut alongside Anna Leigh Waters
Andre Agassi has won his professional pickleball debut a day after turning 55, teaming up with an 18-year-old Anna Leigh Waters.
The pair defeated a pair of even younger teens 11-8 9-11 11-7 in the mixed pro division at the US Open Pickleball Championships on Wednesday.
The eight-time grand slam champion, including four wins at the Australian Open, retired from professional tennis in 2006 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame five years later.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.Since then, he’s participated in made-for-TV pickleball exhibitions with other former tennis players and can be seen pitching pickleball equipment via social media.
Pickleball is a mix of tennis and ping pong that uses paddles and a wiffleball, and it’s quickly risen from nearly nothing to more than 13 million players in the United States in just a few years.
Agassi, who won the French Open in 1999 to complete a career grand slam, will be a studio TV analyst for TNT Sports during the second week at the French Open this year.
