Brad Gilbert on Andre Agassi - Part 1

This interview is an excerpt from the Tennis Channel documentary on Andre Agassi -- Agassi: Between the Lines premiering September 8 on Tennis Channel.

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[UchihaGege]

nadal better then agassi???

you're crasy the guy revolutionised the whole game of tennis man!

[drwood04]

Look, Federer's competition has been underrated:

Nadal - better than Agassi, Courier, or Edberg

Safin - better than Ivanisevic

Roddick - better than Kraijcek

Hewitt - better than Kafelnikov

Djokovic - better than Chang

[LegendKiller0084]

@Samprasisthebest cant say that hes better than him now lol....... Nadal, Djokovic all around games that are worthy of Pete Sampras. In place of Goran Ivanisevic we have Andy Roddick who in his prime was bombing 145 mph serves at Roger especially during the 04 Wimby Final, not to mention the always dangerous serving of Soderling the last few years and the rising threat of Del Potro..... Agassis generation was one of the best, but to downplay Fed's generation is just unwise, Roger Federer GOAT...

[thespotlightkid]

You can't compare players from two different generations. Generally speaking though Agassi is probably the biggest tennis legend. Nadal, Fed, Djoko, etc are amazing but can't touch what Andre contributed to tennis. Yet.

[bull864]

@Ahil982 Nadal is great, but the guy wouldn't have a chance to win Wimbledon twenty years ago. That's why I can't say he's better than Agassi. The game has become one-dimensional. Twenty years ago, the different styles of play made it extremely tough to win a major compared to now.

[Timurito1]

@Samprasisthebest

Let me guess your are some kind of old fart?

[UchihaGege]

@Ahil982 No I agree with you that nadal has more success then agassi (more n° of GS...etc)

but common, nadal's play is not something new, he is playing a huge amount of topspin and a lot of defensive skill.

Unlike agassi who plays great deal of strategy

[Ahil982]

@UchihaGege

AHAHAHAHAA Agassi is amazing tennis player, but Nadal brought along side Federer, whole new different level of tennis. Nadal won 19 masters tournaments, before 25th birthday! 9 Grand slams at age 24.

Agassi is a legend, and that's why is hard for people to accept this new generations of players as better players.

[MrWycombewanderers]

@scottdavis0676  fag...

[bull864]

@Nigelxman Nadal doesn't play the competition Agassi played in the 80's and 90's. The game has been watered down, and that has contributed to Nadal and Federer's dominance. Those guys are great players, but they wouldn't have all the titles if they had played in a different era.

[JoeyFudd]

Ha, those other clowns were jealous of his looks, I guess, as if the scoreboard would say, Hair - 6, Earrings - 3.

[scottdavis0676]

I have it on good authority that when Brad Gilbert was coaching Agassi, he used to console him after losses with bouts of sodomy. Brad would take Andre to his hotel room, bend him over a chair, and sodomize him

. Agassi later admitted that Brad's "unique" way of helping him to overcome losses was paramount in enabling Andre to play well into his 30s. Gilbert filled Agassi up with knowledge and insight in the form of his seed, which helped him later in his career. Good job Brad!