INSIDE TENNIS

Diss and That From Agassi

by L. Jon Wertheim

Posted: Wed August 19, 1998

Gimelstob isn't alone. Another young American, Vince Spadea, was dissed by Agassi after losing to him at the Lipton Championships in March. "Vince should do more with his game," said Mr. Image Is Everything. "Right now he's a classic journeyman." The remark gave Spadea motivation for his second-round match with Agassi in Cincinnati last week. "I wanted to prove to Andre what I could do," said Spadea after exacting revenge, 6-2, 0-6, 7-6.

That prompted Agassi to change his tune. "Journeyman isn't an insult—it speaks for his results and not his potential," he said. "Vince is playing like I always expected he could."

Issue date: August 24, 1998