Steffi Graf (54) and Andre Agassi (53) have achieved a total of 30 Grand Slam victories. Even many years after the end of their successful tennis careers, the two are still revered as sports legends around the world. But this isn’t a big issue for her two children, as Agassi revealed in an interview.
Children were amazed at people’s reactions
The US-American Tennis–icon spoke before the The Netflix Slam-Game in Las Vegas in which Rafael Nadal (37) and Carlos Alcaraz (20) met with the US magazine “People” about their son Jaden Gil (22) and daughter Jaz Elle (20). “I can imagine how someone sees it from the outside. There will be that moment when they say: ‘These are my parents.'” But the one moment in which the two of them realized that their parents are stars, never existed. Because they would have him and his Frau Steffi Graf always primarily as Mutter and Father seen.
Agassi said his children would ask, “What’s wrong with these people?” when people recognized them while shopping. “So you go through a phase where they say, ‘It seems nonsensical that people talk like it’s special.’ And then they start to figure out why it’s special.” However, this was obviously a process in the Agassi/Graf house, not a one-time one Aha-Moment.
Die Reaction people have their own children However, it helped Difference between the perception about fame and her real life. “They started to realize that they were looking behind the curtain of the Wizard of Oz, and they realized that that’s not all,” Andre Agassi explained. “It has to be healthy balance give, that is throughout process to a certain extent unavoidable.”
Excited about the technology of the current tennis stars
Andre Agassi played the last on September 3, 2006 Match his Career. He also emphasized that a lot has developed in tennis since then Interview. He admitted the modern one Tennis game and to admire his players, including Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz. He wouldn’t have any Chance against her, he confessed. “Now when you really talk about these guys, their speed, their rotation, their technique, their athleticism, the science behind their training: they change the geometry of the game.”
Agassi also said that he did professionals Play tennis definitely “miss”. Because back then he had a clearly defined goal. But over time he found out that Age changed his perspective and helped him realize what he missed about tennis: “So you also look back and think, ‘I can’t believe what I went through.'” What he misses most about his playing career is “that you know your body so well that you actually drive it like a Ferrari at 3,900 revolutions per minute.”