Andre Agassi and Roger Federer met for the championship of the 2005 US Open, but this classic late-summer duel was between two guys wearing white hats. Though the New York crowd was resolutely pro-Agassi, trying to will the old man on to illogical new heights, it was impossible to take Rooney's advice. Agassi and Federer are not merely two of the greatest ever to play the game of tennis, they are two genuinely likeable, decent and admirable people who play tennis for a living.
Andre Agassi, the one-time punk with an attitude and now elder statesman of tennis and odds-defying old-timer, keeps adding chapters to an unlikely story. His opponent Roger Federer is the epitome of grace on and off the court.
Federer needed all his guile and grace to defeat the ageless Agassi in a dream match-up that crowned this extraordinary US Open, from which emerged stunningly clear days and nights and inspiring heroes.
On his historic run through a 20th US Open, after receiving yet another cortisone shot for back and hip problems that knocked him out of the French Open and Wimbledon, Andre dared to dream he could win it once more at age 35. He was oldest Grand Slam finalist in 31 years. Though he was forced to meet only one seed, the last of the 32 in the draw, he had to survive three consecutive, grueling five-set matches, in the process, triumphing over two of the hottest players in the game. For a man who might be playing the senior tour, this was by any marker a phenomenal feat.
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