Stefanie Graf and Andre Agassi Talk Tennis, Philanthropy, Aviation, and More at NBAA-BACE - BJT

NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen interviews Stefanie Graf and Andre Agassi during the recent NBAA-BACE keynote event in Las Vegas. Talking about pushing themselves in tennis and beyond, the couple give back through their foundations: Children for Tomorrow and the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education. Additionally, the couple reflect on how private aviation has been a part of their careers in the sport and later in the business world.
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[@carrerau7138]

Agassi talks and talks and Steffi looks elegant.

[@rajusaha855]

Steffi is still looking so beautiful. Agassi is very lucky guy to marry the ultimate GOAT in women's tennis.

[@carrerau7138]

Imagine you have won 14 slams less than your wife… 😂

[@123abc-wy6fe]

Most people have never won any grand slams or even competed in them. ,😂😂😂😂

[@carrerau7138]

@@123abc-wy6feOnanian has won 23 slams less than Serena!

[@rajusaha855]

14 slams is the exact number of slams his great rival Sampras had won.😉😉

[@flash-uj6ly]

Marion bartoli had belief in herself that Steffi Graff as a great tennis player doesn't have even being world no.1 to win Wimbledon. Wimbledon is a grass court tournament and therefore amongst the medium surfaces. which means medium rallies dictated by serve and therefore less exertion of energy during a point and shorter matches in general. you get value for your shot! fat and short or tall and thin! when you play 3 sets against 5 sets for men, it is always an advantage. Marion Bartoli played a more strategic than a grind type of tennis in tournaments. good volleying skills as compared to Steffi Graff even in execution. Marion Bartoli had the belief that she could win and in contrast to Steffi Graff who believed that Bartoli would wear herself down and just lose(not that they don't have to play, just that they had to hang in there long enough for her to break down). Most of them slightly underestimated what she was doing in tournaments. She was an inexperienced player by that point who had proven herself as a former top 10 player. Her winning was really a surprise i.e out of the blue with already having made the finals twice but her consistency was questionable. She had unique two handed forehands and backhands. That was easy to replicate and master but once mastered it was going to be lethal. That was what spectators saw in tournaments of Marion Bartoli to a great extent. at Wimbledon 2013 she had some luck from the draw as 15th seed. she never played a top 10 player en route to her victory. the finalist she played: Venus Williams had already beaten Agnieszka Radwańska en route to the final. Venus Williams was playing her best but was probably worn out a lot by her battles with Agnieszka Radwańska and others. Venus Williams was in the form of her life but Bartoli had the luck of the draw. Regardless of whether your fat or not, if you make your shots even Steffi Graff may not be able to return it at Wimbledon. so if you are playing near perfection and having consistency with your shots then you are playing on a level field. then speaking of fat, technically Marion Bartoli may be classified as fat, yet she was the most successful female tennis player. Bartoli wasn’t really playing a specific style and really had weakness in tournaments and most of her shots had some vigor in it that Steffi Graf generally doesn't necessarily have. Here return games were spot on and had more errors and more importantly she can get Steffi Graff to errors first. all in all, this was a victory that was easily replicable or Bartoli after this mediocre run. She had belief and luck along with inexperience that allowed her to win her only Grand Slam. Marion Bartoli was dubbed as unfit and fat. She still made it to Grand Slam finals. Even in her Wembdon win 2013 she wasn’t fit. Marion Bartoli is an inspiration. It was really a fluke because Bartoli won by dropping sets and beat a few top 20 players along the way. Winning by dropping a set means you played really close to perfection along with dropping the level enough that allowed anyone to comeback and take a set from you. being fat may seem a hindrance, but is a limitation if you want it to be one. Honestly calling her fat in tournaments is really justifiable because she wasn’t thin but fat is really appropriate. And yes, tall and lanky players like Steffi Graf don’t always win , especially in the topsy turvy women’s tour. slightly fatter players can generate more power than extremely thin and tall players like Steffi Graff.

[@carrerau7138]

Isn’t it Bartolli? You mean that French fatty, no?

[@Calicokit101]

I'm disappointed to hear that they are going to support that awful sport pickle ball. Tennis gave them everything they have but pickle ball is destroying tennis.

[@carrerau7138]

No, it certainly won‘t destroy tennis.