Former world number eight Marcos Baghdatis shared his huge fanboy moment in tennis and it is none other than Andre Agassi. This Cypriot tennis player shared many challenging on-court moments against Agassi, including the latter’s final career victory at the US Open in 2006. While fans knew them as tennis rivals, Baghdatis’s recent statement revealed how much he idealized Agassi during his professional tennis career.

Andre Agassi is a man of charm as this former world’s number-one tennis star mesmerized not just fans but his competitors with his amazing tennis skills. He surely had a heck load of admirers throughout his career. However, following Marcos Baghdatis’ comment fans understood how Agassi equally charmed one of his biggest tennis competitors.

Marcos Baghdatis shared how much he idealized Andre Agassi in professional tennis

The world’s former number-eight tennis player in a recent podcast shared the impact his family has had on his professional tennis journey. He mentioned how his brothers Petros and Marinos always helped him during any stressful transition being the strong pillars of his life.

However, what stunned fans was the part where Baghdatis revealed the impact of tennis legend Andre Agassi on him. Baghdatis’s story about Agassi was nothing less than a fairytale for any fan. He first witnessed the former world’s number-one in the Wimbledon 1992 tournament and after that, he competed against Agassi in 2006 at the US Open. Baghdatis’s comment assured fans that it was truly a surreal moment for him.

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In Baghdatis’s words: “Yeah. I had Andre Agassi. First match I ever saw on TV was the 92 Wimbledon Championships finals against Ivanisevic. And after that, I even remember the scene when Andre fell on his face after he won the match and started crying. There was a lot of emotion going in my world at that time.”

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He also expressed the feeling with a more appropriate expression when he revealed how that match influenced him greatly. Baghdatis also mentioned wanting to change his name to Andre Agassi, which reveals what a big fan he is. Baghdatis commented- “And then after that match, I wanted to change my name to Andre Agassi.”

How did Andre Agassi become one of the most iconic tennis stars?

Marcos Baghdatis’s true fanboying about Andre Agassi is quite justified looking at the latter’s remarkable tennis career. Agassi not just won eight Grand Slams during his professional tennis but he is also an Olympic Gold medalist. He brought his country to the global stage with his number-one tennis rank.

Agassi same way made his country proud in the Olympics. This four-time Australian Open champion with victory in the French Open and the US Open twice, Agassi became quite an inspiring tennis figure for even Federer.

Now that Maroc Baghdatis spoke about admiring Agassi in a surprising way, fans can understand how this former world number one tennis star brought tennis to the world. What do you think about Baghdatis’s amazing admiration for Andre Agassi?

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