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Article: French Open performances help return excitement to sport.(Sports)(Tennis)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 12, 1999
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Tennis is back.
In two short weeks, the entire landscape of professional tennis changed, and the sport returned to the top of its game. The excitement returned, and so did
the energy.
The sheer human and athletic drama of the men's and women's finals at the French Open showed the world why tennis can be as exciting as any sport.
There was Andre Agassi's comeback victory over Andrei Medvedev in the men's final Sunday and the neat little piece of history that came along with it. As the front page of newspapers across the world reported, Agassi, 29, is now just the fifth man after Don Budge, Fred Perry, Roy Emerson and Rod Laver to ...