Montreal (Canada), Aug 09: Andre Agassi suffered his first career loss to German Rainer Schuettler, going out 6-2 2-6 3-6 last night to the man he thrashed in Australia eight months ago then announced he's done with tennis until the us open starts.
Last January, Agassi crushed Schuettler in straight sets to lift the Australian Open crown.
Until the pair's quarter-final meeting at the 2.45 million-dollar masters series, the American had not dropped a set against Schuettler, eighth in the world.
That all changed as the underdog fought through from a set down to clinch the win against the 33-year-old tennis icon. "I won't be playing in Cincinnati," Agassi said of the masters series starting Monday where he was seeded number one.

"I've had enough matches. I'll spend a couple of weeks getting ready for the open and roll the dice."

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Agassi shrugged off reports that he might be bothered by a hip problem, saying, "he out-played me from the baseline, I got caught flat-footed a few times. My serve was nothing special, but that's not a shot I tend to rely on, so it shouldn't have mattered."

The American had not dropped a set all week before Schuettler went to work.


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