{"id":152717,"date":"2025-09-22T08:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/152717\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:05:07","slug":"andre-agassi-claims-the-laver-cup-has-allowed-him-to-do-something-he-could-never-do-during-his-playing-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/152717\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Agassi\u00a0claims\u00a0the Laver Cup has allowed him to do something he could never do during his playing days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Andre Agassi\u2019s Team World have a healthy 9-3 lead heading into the final day of the Laver Cup, after an incredible sweep on day two. <\/p>\n<p>Following a slow start to the competition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/andre-agassi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Agassi<\/a>\u2018s side responded with four straight-set victories, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/shocked-carlos-alcaraz-reveals-what-he-said-to-taylor-fritz-straight-after-losing-to-him-at-the-laver-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Fritz\u2019s first-ever triumph over Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both Francisco Cerundolo and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/alex-de-minaur\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex de Minaur<\/a> also came out on top in their singles matches, before the Australian sealed his second win of the day alongside Alex Michelsen in doubles.<\/p>\n<p>Team World\u2019s heroics left their captain ecstatic on the sidelines, who says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/Laver-Cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Laver Cup<\/a> has allowed him to do something he never could during his playing days.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236477880-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Agassi reacts on day two of the Laver Cup.\" \/>Photo by Eakin Howard\/Getty Images for Laver CupAndre Agassi reacts to his Laver Cup experience so far<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m having a great time,\u201d said Agassi, speaking to Tennis Channel after Cerundolo\u2019s victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/holger-rune\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Holger Rune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what I\u2019ve learned is that, leading up to this event, I was asked what do I expect from myself? How am I going to be?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m like, I have no idea. I barely know how I\u2019m going to be every day in my own life, let alone something I haven\u2019t done before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut one thing I can absolutely tell you is I have a bottled-up competitiveness and channel that I used to just keep inside and direct at one person, and now I have Ferraris and machines like this on the court and, you know, I have to do something.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m darn sure you\u2019re gonna try. So all that energy has to come out somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team World need two more wins to win the 2025 Laver Cup<\/p>\n<p>Despite a dream day two for Team World at the Laver Cup, Team Europe can still win the tournament on day three, where each win is worth three points. <\/p>\n<p>Should Agassi\u2019s team clinch two victories from the four matches, however, they will tally an insurmountable 15 points. <\/p>\n<p>First up on day three is a doubles fixture, featuring Team Europe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alcaraz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/casper-ruud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casper Ruud<\/a>, against Alex Michelsen and Reilly Opelka of Team World.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Jakub Mensik will play de Minaur, before the world number one plays his second match of the day against Cerundolo. <\/p>\n<p>The final bout of the Laver Cup will see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/alexander-zverev\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Zverev<\/a> pitted against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/taylor-fritz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fritz<\/a>, which could end up being the decisive tie. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andre Agassi\u2019s Team World have a healthy 9-3 lead heading into the final day of the Laver Cup,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[10371,67706,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-152717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-andre-agassi","9":"tag-laver-cup","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}