It has all the ingredients for a classic match-up. Two of the biggest names in tennis. The ageing former champion playing in his final Wimbledon versus the young dynamo trying to make his breakthrough on grass. The bald, pigeon-toed American versus the long-maned, biceps-bulging Spaniard.
Andre Agassi is trying not to let emotions get the better of him as he plays his 14th — and final — Wimbledon. ”I don’t need this championship to give me any more than it’s given me,” the 36-year-old former champion said after a four-set opening-round victory on Tuesday. ”It’s already given me so much.”
Less than three months before the vote, the five cities vying for the 2012 Summer Games are getting a chance to make their pitches to a big Olympic audience. Paris, London, New York, Madrid and Moscow are sending high-level delegations to a conference in Berlin this weekend to present their bids to Olympic sports federations leaders.