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Original Title:	Open: An Autobiography
ISBN:	0307268195 (ISBN13: 9780307268198)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Andre Agassi

Open

Andre Agassi

Hardcover | Pages: 388 pages

Rating: 4.25 | 73786 Users | 6075 Reviews

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From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.

Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. He dyes his hair, pierces his ears, dresses like a punk rocker. By the time he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis forever, as does his lightning-fast return.

And yet, despite his raw talent, he struggles early on. We feel his confusion as he loses to the world’s best, his greater confusion as he starts to win. After stumbling in three Grand Slam finals, Agassi shocks the world, and himself, by capturing the 1992 Wimbledon. Overnight he becomes a fan favorite and a media target.

Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match and every relationship. Never before has the inner game of tennis and the outer game of fame been so precisely limned. Alongside vivid portraits of rivals from several generations—Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer—Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his brief time with Barbra Streisand and his doomed marriage to Brooke Shields. He reveals a shattering loss of confidence. And he recounts his spectacular resurrection, a comeback climaxing with his epic run at the 1999 French Open and his march to become the oldest man ever ranked number one.

In clear, taut prose, Agassi evokes his loyal brother, his wise coach, his gentle trainer, all the people who help him regain his balance and find love at last with Stefanie Graf. Inspired by her quiet strength, he fights through crippling pain from a deteriorating spine to remain a dangerous opponent in the twenty-first and final year of his career. Entering his last tournament in 2006, he’s hailed for completing a stunning metamorphosis, from nonconformist to elder statesman, from dropout to education advocate. And still he’s not done. At a U.S. Open for the ages, he makes a courageous last stand, then delivers one of the most stirring farewells ever heard in a sporting arena.

With its breakneck tempo and raw candor, Open will be read and cherished for years. A treat for ardent fans, it will also captivate readers who know nothing about tennis. Like Agassi’s game, it sets a new standard for grace, style, speed, and power.

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Title	:	Open
Author	:	Andre Agassi
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 388 pages
Published	:	November 9th 2009 by Knopf
Categories	:	Biography. Nonfiction. Sports. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography Memoir. Audiobook

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I am not into tennis at all, but read this book back to back with Lang Lang's memoires, "Journey of a Thousand Miles". Why? Here are the stories of two men whose childhoods were taken away from them by their ambitious fathers who wanted their children to become "Number One". How each one reacted to their fate was what interested me. Once rich an famous, both men have done so much for younger generations, one through his charter school, the other through his foundation. Very touching, indeed. I

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One of the best sports biographies I've read. I was a huge Agassi fan growing up, not because of his flair or haircut, but because of his amazing topspin and his tenacity. So to get the inside story on where he got both of those, was fascinating. The first thing to realize about Agassi, is that like many tennis players, he got good, then bad, then really bad, then good, then bad, then good, etc. In other words, he loses. A lot. But the fascinating part of his story is what motivates him to keep

"Open", opens you to the normality of contradictions. It opens up unexpected dimensions into his tennis career, in addition to his childhood, marital life and everything off the court.It is terrifically written, engrossing you to the way he thinks and feels before, throughout and after the game. It is not about how great he was, but rather how confused, unsure, rebellious and sick of his life, his tennis and himself!He was in constant search of himself and kept evolving to understand himself and

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Who knew what hid behind his seemingly playboy demeanor? This generous autobiography is filled with a page turning intensity, laying out his deemons both physical and emotional, and how they weigh equally when facing an opponent across a net. Late in the book, he observes that the net which should separate players actually weaves them together. His reconstruction of many of the over 1000 matches hes participated in makes for fascinating reading, whether tennis is your game or not (it used to be