Believes that American tennis is in trouble for the wrong level of the players on clay.
Andre Agassi, winner of eight Grand Slam titles, said that tennis is experiencing a historic step by the presence of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Agassi, one of the best tennis players in history, was the leading figure in the opening of the tennis stadium for next year's Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, and a meeting with the media, admitted that he excited to see play Nadal, world number one, and Federer, the top winning Grand Slam tournaments in history.
Retired four years of professional sports, agreed that U.S. tennis is going through a bad time because athletes are not used to playing on clay courts. "I would like to encourage the young players play better on clay so that they can increase the level of competition that is being demanded worldwide and States Can grow together. "
Agassi cut the ribbon on the stage of the Pan American Games with the president of the Games Organizing Committee, Carlos Andrade Garin and Ivar Sisniega, second vice president of the Mexican Olympic Committee.
The American, who won four times the Australia Open, a Roland Garros, a Wimbledom and the U.S. Open will be the star of the All-Star Challenge, the tournament will mark the start of the new stadium, 12 courts and capacity of 2,800 spectators in the main.
The event will also meet with players who shone on the professional circuit as the American Jim Courier, with four Grand Slam titles, the South African, Wayne Ferreira, Olympic silver medalist in doubles in 1992 and Australia's Mark Philippoussis, a finalist at two Grand Slam, as well Mexicans David Roditi and Cesar Ramirez.