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Agassi left carrying banner for U.S. men

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Thursday, September 1, 2005

NEW YORK -- While the autopsy continued some 40 hours after the untimely loss of Andy Roddick, a balding 35-year-old with a pigeon-toed gait carried the fading torch for American men's tennis. Andre Agassi, giving away nearly a foot to Croatian Ivo Karlovic, survived quite nicely on Thursday, winning in straight, very nearly matched sets, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4). He was one of the lucky ones. Vince Spadea, the 31-year-old veteran, and Brian Baker, a former top junior player, both lost their ...

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