Down Two Sets, Agassi Rallies to Win; Veteran Comes Back to Defeat Blake in Fifth-Set Tiebreaker
The Columbian › September 12, 2005
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NEW YORK -- Andre Agassi, 35 years young, took a pounding for two sets from a sizzling James Blake, pounced on him for two more, then survived a tiebreaker in a wondrous five-set drama reminiscent of Jimmy Connors' legendary run to the U.S. Open semifinals at 39.
Rendered helpless at the start by Blake's dazzling speed and precision, Agassi asserted himself in the third set, turned the match around and looked fresher at the end of a 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (6) triumph that put him in the semis -- two wins from capturing the title he won in 1994 and '99.See the full content of this document
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Down Two Sets, Agassi Rallies to Win; Veteran Comes Back to Defeat Blake in Fifth-Set Tiebreaker
"It couldn't have been more fun to lose," Blake told Agassi as they embraced at the net and were given a long standing ovation in a still-packed Arthur Ashe Stadium.
"At 1:15 in the morning for 20,000 people to still be here, I wasn't the winner, tennis was," Agassi told...See the full content of this document
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