Andre Agassi’s Takes Cheap Shots Against Pete Sampras (Video)
In this charity tennis match to raise money for Haiti, retired legends Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi played doubles with current tennis studs Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on Saturday night. Agassi was teamed with Nadal and Sampras with Federer.
All four players wore wearing microphones and interacted with each other and the crowd.
After a good shot by Sampras, Andre chided Sampras, “You always have to go get all serious, huh Pete?”
Sampras then, innocently and to a good laugh from the crowd, decided to imitate some of Agassi’s old mannerisms from back in the day, including his pigeon toed walk to serve.
It all seemed to be in good fun and humor to all in attendance except the grumpy ole’ meth-head. Agassi, very obviously pissed off, decides to start taking shots at Sampras for being a poor tipper. A fact that Agassi unloaded, along with his own drug use and fake mullet, in his autobiography, Open, that was released last year.
Sampras replied, “Awww that’s how you want to play huh?” Sampras then takes aim directly at Agassi’s head with a serve, when he was suppose to be hitting to Nadal.
Agassi, unaware that he is looking like a fool, goes on to say to Pete, “It’s better than being a valet driver and seeing you pulling up.”
Sampras then added, “So lets talk about our baggage! There we go, I’m a bad tipper. I’m sorry Barack Obama.”
Nadal and Federer stood silent and a bit awkward as the exchange took place.
Agassi seems dead certain on ruining whatever legacy he had in tennis. He seems like a bitter old jock that perhaps always envied Sampras, yet denied Pete’s seriousness and dedication to consistently beat him.
Andre seemed to think that the four were going to just lob some balls back and forth as he was the only one wearing long pants and looking like his feet were stuck in concrete.
Andre seems to have forgotten that ‘Image is everything!’ If Andre’s post tennis life were to be compared to that of an ex-president then he would be Jimmy Carter.
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I’m not disagreeing with most of what you’re saying, it does seem that agassi is a bit of an ass…but you might not want to compare agassi to President Carter as an insult. He did win the Nobel peace prize in 2002 for his “humanitarian and peace keeping” work. I’m just sayin’….
It’s a shame that in this sort of a match, ment to raise money for the victims of the haitian earthquake, egos have to clash in such a manner..Maybe they shouldn’t have worn any microphones so that the match wouldn’t have raised such demeaning issues. And it’s not really even about the image, it’s about the true natures of these people.
@Holla As far as Nobel Prizes even terrorist Yasser Arafat won one as did Barack Obama for well nothing to this point.
Carter has done well with Habitat for Humanity and Agassi has done good will with the school and foundations he has set up in Las Vegas.
Both men though, in other aspects, have only lessened their reputations and character with things they have said, people they have attacked, and a lowering of their standards from when they were in office and active in tennis.
Either way just a simple comparison. Thanks for the feedback.
Ohhhh this article is taking it way out of context. Pete is a poor tipper and a stiff who can’t take a joke…making it look worst for himself out there. There is no excuse if you make millions… hand a five over to the valet and ask for $4 change. He deserves a little humiliation.