Looks like Andre Agassi will have to wait a few more days – or weeks – to start his new career as a full-time family man and philanthropist.
His first-round victory prevented an early exit from the U.S. Open, but Agassi has made clear he’s eager for what’s next. “I feel like I’ve been practicing 20 years for this,” he told The New York Times. What comes after his retirement from tennis, he said, “is the birth of who I’ll continue to strive to become.”
The Times reported that Agassi plans to devote most of his time to his foundation, which funds programs for at-risk youth, financing college scholarships and summer camps. One recent project provides shelter for children whose homes are dangerous or whose parents cannot care for them. He’s a major funder of the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in a poor section of Las Vegas, his hometown.
“In his life after tennis he will accomplish more than what he did playing tennis,” Patrick McEnroe told the New York Times. “It sounds outlandish, but I feel comfortable saying that.”
--David Bank
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