IT'S A GAS FOR AGASSI; STAR HAPPILY BACK ON HIS GAME AS HE STREAKS INTO FINALS.Byline: Dana Haddad Daily News Staff Writer Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. hasn't given the ``go'' sign yet, so it is premature to say he has put the Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. glitz glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. back in his tennis game. But the former Wimbledon and U.S. Open The term U.S. Open is applied to "open" United States national championships in a particular sport, in which anybody, amateur or professional, American or non-American may compete. These include:
ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Tour rankings, appears to be at least regaining his identity. You can't call him Mr. Brooke Shields Brooke Christa Camille Shields[1] (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and supermodel. Biography Career Shields' career as a model began in the late 1960s as an infant, and she continued as a successful child model throughout the 1970s. , at least not right now. With adolescent girls yelling ``Go Andre'' among the approximately 6,000 at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Tennis Center on Saturday, Agassi routed upstart Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob (b. 26 January 1977, in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American tennis player. He won the 1998 Australian Open and French Open mixed doubles titles with Venus Williams as his partner. 6-0, 7-6 (7-2) in the semifinals of the Mercedes-Benz Cup. Fifth-seeded Agassi will face Tim Henman Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE (born September 6, 1974 in Oxford) is a former English tennis player. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. in today's 4 p.m. championship, taking into the match a streak of 10 consecutive straight-set ATP victories dating to his second-round defeat at Wimbledon. If one can't title this ``A Return to Dominance,'' maybe the tag ``Suddenly Andre'' would work. Agassi, who has climbed back to No. 13, took only 1 hour, 13 minutes to dispense of Gimelstob, the former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX player who was having his best year as a pro. ``I feel pretty confident, no question,'' Agassi said, after someone suggested he could write a nice ending to a rousing comeback by winning the U.S. Open a month from now. ``But it's not about feeling you're unbeatable. It's about working hard, paying the price and establishing your game.'' This is what Agassi established Saturday: he can still slice and dice Refers to rearranging data so that it can be viewed from different perspectives. The term is typically used with OLAP databases that present information to the user in the form of multidimensional cubes similar to a 3D spreadsheet. See OLAP. the prototypical serve-and-volleyer with precision. He committed nine unforced errors in the match, only one in the first set in which he broke Gimelstob's 125-mph serve three times. And when he wasn't belting passing winners, Agassi was forcing 33 errors from Gimelstob by catching him out of position. Gimelstob, the 6-foot-5 third-year pro, started shaky with three errors in his match-opening service, then blew his only real chance to change the tone of events by failing to capitalize on two break points in Agassi's first service. ``If I broke back that second game,'' said Gimelstob, ``the wheels might not have come off the way they did.'' Gimelstob, with his year-end ranking of 102, was actually much higher than Agassi (No. 122). But if Agassi is not willing to admit he's fast approaching the player he once was - the who has pocketed more than $13 million in his career - Gimelstob is. ``He's playing at the top of his game and moving well,'' Gimelstob said. ``I'm not going to let that loss bother me. I'm encouraged with the way I'm playing.'' What bothered Gimelstob was the early afternoon sun. He claims he wasn't prepared for the glare, despite the fact that these are the very courts on which he worked out daily while attending UCLA. ``Hey, it's an outdoor sport,'' said Gimelstob, addressing the dilemma philosophically. ``Against Agassi, you need to be firing your serves closer to the line.'' In the other semifinal, second-seeded Henman of England beat Guillaume Raoux 7-5, 6-3, ending an improbable run by the Frenchman who upset Wimbledon finalist Goran Ivanisevic in the first round. Raoux was trying to win his second tournament in 12 years on the tour. Raoux broke Henman's second serve to lead 2-1 in the first set. But after that it was all Henman, who broke back twice later in the set and got the only break he needed in the second set in game four to lead 3-1. Said Henman of his first career match against Agassi today, ``I look forward to it. He's definitely someone I watched a lot coming up through the ranks.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--2--Color) Tim Henman, left, and Andre Agassi will face off in today's finale. Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press and Terri Thuente/Daily News (3--Color) Guillaume Raoux returns a shot against Tim Henman in Saturday's semifinal. Terri Thuente/Daily News |
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