"I miss having such a defined goal": Andre Agassi in reflective mood as he admits missing one part of tennis life

Andre Agassi took part in the promotional activities for the Netflix Slam, where Rafael Nadal will face Carlos Alcaraz in Las Vegas. The former American tennis player will be one of the commentators for the exhibition and reminisced about his time as a tennis player with a clear daily goal.

Agassi is one of the greatest tennis players in history, winning 8 Grand Slam titles in his career. However, he expressed amazement at the current level of tennis players and showered praise on both Nadal and Alcaraz.

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The former world No. 1 highlighted the differences between his era and the current generation of tennis players, particularly emphasizing their physical prowess: “When you really talk about these guys now from a speed standpoint, from a spin standpoint, from technology standpoint, athletic. I mean the science behind their training, I mean they're changing the geometry of the game and one of the things I always counted on was my geometry,” he says.

“There are a lot of guys out there that I would say I would have inroads against and I would like this challenge, but there's so many that I say no thank you. I have no chance against them,” he added.

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Agassi reminisces about his time as a professional

The 52-years-old American former player was asked whether he misses the training regimen as a high-performance athlete and the routine of being an elite tennis player: "I miss having such a defined goal that is so important that the rest of your day becomes just the expression of it. So for me, that's gold, right?"

“It's gold is care about something so much that nothing else feels like a discipline. It just feels like an opportunity to get to what you really want," he says, adding, "but then you have other expressions of it as you get older."

"So you also think back and think to yourself, 'I can't believe what I put myself through.' And so that's an inevitable part," he says, adding, "But actually, if there's anything I miss about the game, it's about knowing your body so well that you actually were driving it like a Ferrari at 3,900 RPMs," Agassi concluded.