PARIS: The perfectly-aimed slingshot of an unknown underdog hit Andre Agassi square between the eyes yesterday, leaving the ageing giant of men’s tennis dazed in the red dust of Roland Garros.
That the eight-time Grand Slam champion had been seeking his 800th senior career win – and French qualifier Jerome Haehnel his first – counted for nothing under blue Parisian skies.
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