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Andre Agassi

The private emotional struggles of the 1992 Wimbledon tennis champion.

In July 1992, Andre Agassi became a tennis superstar when he won the Wimbledon men’s title at the age of 21. But beneath the showman image, Agassi was in private turmoil – in pain from a back problem, depressed and secretly hating his sport. Later in his career, Agassi would even smoke crystal meth. Simon Watts tells his story using BBC archive interviews.

PHOTO: Andre Agassi in action at Wimbledon (Getty Images)

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Mon 13 Jul 2020 02:50GMT

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