Andre Agassi was a key figure at the French Open, with media and trophy ceremony duties keeping him busy in Paris.
Agassi predicted Carlos Alcaraz to beat Jannik Sinner in the final of the French Open, which is exactly what happened.
The top two players on the ATP Tour played out a thrilling battle on Court Philippe-Chatrier, with Agassi watching on from the stands before attending the trophy presentation.
On the WTA Tour, Agassi was glad Aryna Sabalenka played Coco Gauff without a roof in their French Open final.
There, it was the American who beat the Belarusian, winning her first title at Roland Garros and her second career Grand Slam title.
How Mats Wilander made Andre Agassi feel like tennis needed a rule change
Midway through the tournament, legendary figure Agassi was on hand to discuss many of his former rivals, one of whom was Mats Wilander.
He said of the Swede on the Served with Andy Roddick podcast: “Well that’s a generational question, right?
“Because when I came into the game, the first time I ever played him I was 15 years old. I lost to him second round after qualifying at La Quinta, which is the Palm Springs tournament, and I won my first round of main draw, and I played him.
“I lost one and one, and came off the court and told my brother, ‘I want to play that again, I can beat that dude’. He can’t break an egg.
“My point is, is that he hit the ball, I was the first one to come into the game. But everybody that gets to number one in the world brings something the game hasn’t seen on some level, right?
“You did it. I mean, everybody who gets to number one and has any modicum of staying there or winning slams, they always do something that the game has to adjust to.
“And for me, it was about taking the ball off both wings, whether it’s low or high, and being able to hurt the ball and be able to do it as early in the court as I wanted to, right?
“So the game hadn’t seen it. So something like Mats Wilander, who won three of the four Grand Slams in 1988, beat me in the semis of Paris 6-0 in the fifth because I cramped.
“I came off the court going like ‘I could have ran him all day’. Physically… not to say I would have won if I didn’t cramp, but my point is, is that that’s the way… that’s the generational gap.
“So playing Mats Wilander, and when I started to let’s say, beat him, was just a fundamental of… and respect to Mats, the guy never got tired, he goes fast as wind, the guy wouldn’t miss a ball for hours.
“Total respect for everything he’s done, but he made me feel like there should be weight classes in tennis. That’s how I kind of thought of it, it was like at 18, 19, 20 years old.
“So for me, and the way I played the game, matched up against him, was literally about driving the train through main street. It was just like, you just deal with what I’m bringing.”
Andre Agassi and Mats Wilander ATP Tour head-to-head record
Agassi won a superb eight Grand Slam titles during his phenomenal career, having also reached number one in the world rankings.
Wilander also reached the pinnacle of men’s tennis, and finished his superb career with seven Grand Slam titles.
Three of those arrived at the French Open and three at the Australian Open, with the Swede having also triumphed at the US Open.
All seven of his victories arrived between 1982 and 1988, while Agassi was successful in that regard from 1992 to 2003.
The duo met a total of seven times on the ATP Tour, with Agassi ending their battles with a more favourable record.
He boasts a 5-2 head-to-head over Wilander, with all five wins coming after the Swede won their first two matches.
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