Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf: They see their children as completely normal parents

Steffi Graf (54) and Andre Agassi (53) have achieved a total of 30 Grand Slam victories. Even many years after the end of their successful tennis careers, the two are still revered as sports legends around the world. But this isn’t a big issue for her two children, as Agassi revealed in an interview.

Children were amazed at people’s reactions

The American tennis icon spoke about son Jaden Gil (22) and daughter Jaz Elle (20) before “The Netflix Slam” game in Las Vegas, in which Rafael Nadal (37) and Carlos Alcaraz (20) met ). “I can imagine how someone looks at it from the outside. Somehow there will be this moment when they say: ‘These are my parents.'” But the one moment when the two would have recognized that their parents are stars , never existed. Because they always saw him and his wife Steffi Graf primarily as mother and father.

Agassi said his children would ask “What’s wrong with these people?” when people recognized them while shopping. “So you go through a whole phase where they say, ‘Well, it doesn’t make sense for people to talk like it’s a big deal.’ And then they start to figure out why this is a big deal.” However, this was obviously a process in the Agassi/Graf house, not a one-off aha moment.

However, he said people’s reaction helped his children understand the difference between the perception of fame and their real lives. “They started to realize that they were looking behind the curtain of the Wizard of Oz, and they realized that that’s not all,” Andre Agassi explained. “So there’s a healthy balance that’s sort of inevitable throughout the whole process.”

Excited about the technology of the current tennis stars

Andre Agassi played the last match of his career on September 3, 2006. A lot has developed in tennis since then, he also emphasized in the interview. He admitted to admiring the modern game of tennis and its players, including Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz. He admitted he had no chance against her. “Now when you really talk about these guys, from a speed standpoint, from a spin standpoint, from a technology standpoint, athleticism standpoint, I mean the science behind their training, I mean they change the geometry of the game.”

Agassi also said that he definitely “misses” playing professional tennis. Because back then he had a clearly defined goal. But over time he found that getting older changed his perspective and helped him realize what he missed about tennis: “So you also think back and think, ‘I can’t believe what I’ve been through .'” What he misses most from an active career is “knowing your body so well that you actually drive it like a Ferrari at 3,900 revolutions per minute.”