Jaden Agassi: Defeat in debut in a national team

Jaden Agassi (23) will probably remember this premiere with mixed feelings. On Monday, the son of Steffi Graf (55) and Andre Agassi (54) entered the field for the German baseball national team for the first time. But the short assignment initiated the defeat of his team. His prominent parents pursued the events from the stands, as the TV broadcast of the event showed.

Agassi is fighting with the German national team for qualification for the World Baseball Classic 2026, the official baseball World Cup, in which players from the USA also take part. After a opening win against China, in which he did not play, the pitcher, i.e. throwers, entered the field for the first time in the game against Brazil. But in the fourth section, Agassi immediately allowed four runs, i.e. points, the Brazilian. Agassi was therefore replaced again before the end of the inn. Not a successful debut.

At the age of six, Agassi began playing baseball, as he revealed Major League Baseball. “I loved it. I also took a tennis racket in my hand, but it was always difficult for me to keep the ball between the lines. I just wanted to beat the thing as far as I could. Baseball inspired me from day one.”

In the United States, the 23-year-old graduate of the University of Southern California is running for the MALB youth team of the Mahoning Valley Scrapper. Agassi said that he was similar to his famous mother Steffi Graf. “I’ve always been very relaxed and cool, calm and collected out there. My way of thinking is that the next throw is the most important.”

Steffi Graf won 22 Grand Slam titles in her career. His no less famous father Andre Agassi eight. Jaden Agassi must now hope for a win against the favorite Colombians in the last group game of the qualification tournament for the official baseball world championship next year. If the direct qualification as a group leader does not work, a play-off game against the second place in the German group is pending on March 6.