At the ninth annual championships held in Naples, Florida, Agassi and Waters met 13-year-old Stevie Petropouleas and 16-year-old Tristan Dussault in the opening round on Wednesday. (Fun fact: Petropouleas and Dussault began their careers in tennis before facing injuries that forced them to trade their racquets for paddles.)
Agassi and Waters led the opening game from the very first point.
At 6-3, Agassi proved his “amateur” status when he forgot where to stand as the returning player. Waters urged him to move up the kitchen line before the serve was played, and they went onto win the game 11-8.
The Agassi-Waters winning streak continued quickly to 5-3 in the second game, where the teenagers used their first timeout of the match. As the commentators noted, it was a strategic move as they shifted momentum into their favor, winning four straight points on Petropouleas’ serve and taking the lead for the first time.
Petropouleas and Dussault win game two 11-9 off a backhand unforced error by Agassi.
