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Andre Agassi: These two tennis labels are myths.<\/p>\n
Richard PagliaroSeptember 25, 20262 minute read<\/p>\n
By Richard Pagliaro | Friday, September 25, 2026
Photo credit: Laver Cup Facebook<\/p>\n
Andre Agassi knows how it feels to endure extremes.<\/p>\n
A young Agassi lost the first three Grand Slam finals he faced, but resculpted his body and rediscovered his love for the game rising to world No. 1 and becoming the first man to achieve the career Golden Slam, winning all four Grand Slam championships and the Olympic gold medal in singles.<\/p>\n
At the pre Laver Cup presser, Team World Captain Agassi was asked why he chose enigmatic and explosive Alexander Bublik to play for the defending champions.<\/p>\n
Before directly addressing the question, Agassi said he views two common tennis labels\u2014overachiever and underachiver\u2014as myths for a simple reason.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t believe in overachieving and underachieving. People can use those words, but it\u2019s pretty simple in tennis,\u201d Agassi told the media in London. \u201cHow is somebody overachieving if they achieved it? Because they went out there and they did it. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd how is somebody underachieving if they didn\u2019t do it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Hall of Famer Agassi said he focuses on maximizing players\u2019 levels of play in every match and stacking those performances to build successful seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing I have to answer in my own head when I look at players is are they maximizing, and are they making decisions that lend towards maximizing everything they\u2019re capable of over a long period of time,\u201d Agassi said. \u201cNot just the high end of a match or high end of a great tournament or a couple great weeks or a great year.\u201d<\/p>\n
When it comes to Bublik, Agassi said the entertaining shotmaker owns the skills to go deep in each event, if the first Kazakhstan man to crack the ATP\u2019s Top 10 can bring his best.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I look at Sascha, I look at a guy and say, If you give me his game, I\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m not maximizing unless I\u2019m having a say at the end of a lot of tournaments,\u201d Agassi said.<\/p>\n
Bublik joked Captain Agassi and Vice-Captain Patrick Rafter made him \u201csign certain papers\u201d to tone down his flashy, flamboyant game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI signed certain papers between Pat and Andre to never underarm serve here, not to smile after points, so it\u2019s really strict for me here, but I just came here to bring the good tennis and bring some laughs in,\u201d said Bublik, who will face Rafael Jodar on Friday night. \u201cUnfortunately, no showmanship here, as I\u2019m not allowed due to couple of talks I had with the team captains.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daily Fuzz Andre Agassi: These two tennis labels are myths. Richard PagliaroSeptember 25, 20262 minute read By Richard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":905183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-905182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}