Andre Agassi : It pisses me off that Roger Federer makes it look so easy
© Getty Images
American tennis great Andre Agassi has described Roger Federer as “arguably the greatest ever” for “what he could do on every surface”. The former world No1 also said that everyone should be grateful for the fact that they are watching one of the greatest generation of tennis stars at the moment.
“I cannot believe how easy he (Federer) makes it look. It pisses me off that he just makes it look so easy. It's a great generation of tennis. One that takes decades and makes it into one generation that everybody should be grateful to be able to watch,” Agassi told Harsha Bhogle during an interaction at a private event in Mumbai.
“You're looking at arguably the greatest ever because of what he could do on every surface. He (Federer) could beat the best from the back of the court. He had Plan A, B, C, D. And he never usually got to Plan C or D. Occasionally he'd go to Plan B. So this is just somebody incredibly special.
“But he's also dealing with two other guys that you can argue are at the top of the history of our sport, with Djokovic and Nadal,” PTI news agency quoted him as saying.
When asked about the jibes he has thrown at his great rival Pete Sampras over the years, the eight-time Grand Slam winner said, “I woke up one day and I had this dream I was Pete Sampras, so I immediately went back to sleep. Sorry I can't help it.”
The top few guys now, they play a different game than what I played.
Agassi
Agassi also pointed to the dramatic changes that the game has undergone over the past decade, and insisted that his game would not have matched up to the current generation of tennis players.
"The game has changed dramatically for so many reasons, and when people ask how does your game match up, let me remove all doubts, it does not!
“It's not only about the athlete and the power but also about the spins. If you change the spins in the game, you change the dimensions, you change the rules of engagement, you change how you grow up and how you make decisions on a tennis court and it really changes how you approach the game.
“The top few guys now, they play a different game than what I played.”
