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Watch: How Agassi obsessed over Becker’s lethal serve and found a fascinating method to counter it

Boris Becker beat Andre Agassi the first three times they played each other. But Agassi, thanks to a fascinating method, won 10 out of their last 11 matches.

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May 05, 2021 · 05:00 pm
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