The Agassi Story

Features two stories, one about one of the world's true tennis greats, the other an extended insight into one of the famous 'tennis dads', Agassi's father, Mike, who pushed all his children remorselessly, until one made all his sacrifices worthwhile.

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The Agassi Story is Mike Agassi's own account of his family's story, presenting a wealth of new insights into his famous son Andre's life. It follows the story of Mike's childhood in the streets of Tehran, his career as an Olympic boxer, his immigration to America first to Chicago, and later to Las Vegas, where he coached tennis and groomed his children to become sporting dynamos. But his teachings came with a high price, and tensions between Mike and his children threatened to pull the family apart. With his youngest child, Mike managed to instil his own revolutionary style into Andre's game. Once a flamboyant rebel and easily rattled, Andre's marriage to Steffi Graf and his incredible comeback as world number one at the ripe old tennis age' of 33, has dramatically changed him into a calm, composed, humble tennis champion. Previously untold stories illuminate this rags-to-riches account of an athletic, talented American family. The Agassi Story is a heart warming story of father and son, their tu