Tennis Champion Andre Agassi returns to Adelaide for World Tennis Challenge

Tennis Champion Andre Agassi speaks to Jodie & Soda from Las Vegas on his return to Adelaide for the World Tennis Challenge at Memorial Drive in January 2018.Agassi reminisces 20 years on since Agassi played in the Adelaide International and was famously beaten by a then 16-year-old Hewitt in the semi-final.“I’m really looking forward to being back to old familiar stomping ground and certainly a place I’m very fond of with a kind audience let’s see if I can bring a little enjoyment to everybody” “One of two things were true that day either I was a shadow of myself or he was going to be the next great player in the world thank goodness the later was the case” Agassi said he will never forget seeing young Hewitt before the match and he didn’t know then what an impact he would make on the tennis world. “My strongest memory of playing him was honestly before the match, I was watching him in the locker room as he was these pair of Nike shorts and he was pinching them on the side and putting a ‘safety pin’ through them so they would fit around him” “He proved me wrong that day and I will never forget the competitor he was he went on to obviously prove that to the world!” Andre Agassi finished his career having won the Australian Open four times, the US Open twice, the French Open and Wimbledon.Corporate and public tickets are on sale now via Ticketek www.ticketek.com.au starting from $6 for children and $11 for adults. For more information visit www.worldtennischallenge.com