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In January 1999, Andre Agassi's personal trainer, Gil Reyes, told him, "If
you're going to dream big, you had better get big." A year later, Agassi is
huge. When he came back from two sets to love to win the French Open, he not
only became the fifth man ever to win a lifetime Grand Slam -- the first since
Rod Laver completed his in 1962 -- but he fully realized the umpteenth and most
complete comeback of his mercurial career. The man who was a ghost in 1996 and
'97 roared back to win this year at Roland Garros and to beat Patrick Rafter in
the Wimbledon semis before losing to a record-seeking Pete Sampras in the final.
By September, with Sampras and Rafter sitting out the U.S. Open with injuries,
Agassi cruised to his second career title at Flushing Meadows. This was more
than a comeback; it was a resurrection; Agassi finishes the season ranked No. 1
in the world for the first time in his career. At 29, nearly a decade after he
was supposed to, Agassi has finally
peaked.
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