FULL VERSION 1997 - Rafter vs Agassi - US Open

Thank you for your gracious use of this classic match! ------------------------------------------- PertSnergleman's Review: ------------------------------------------- Genuine serve-and-volley players like Rafter, a dying but difficult breed, never used to bother Agassi much when he was in his heyday. He used them for target practice for his passing shots, which invariably lived up to their name. But Agassi doesn't pack the same punch he used to, and while he's been off on his various sabbaticals, the rest of the tennis crowd, Rafter included, has started packing a harder punch. Agassi's down-the-line backhand passes fooled Rafter some of the time, but not often enough. And Rafter's smooth serve-volley formula did more than keep the former No. 1 on his toes, it kept him guessing.

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