Pickleball Slam 3 results: Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi defeat Andy Roddick, Eugenie Bouchard
Pickleball Slam 3 returned with four tennis standouts displaying their talent on a pickleball court at the Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas.
Andre Agassi, Stefanie Graf, Andy Roddick, and Eugenie Bouchard were the featured competitors vying for a $1 million cash prize in the third iteration of the event.
This match was filled to the brink with pickleball talent. Agassi entered the event as the back-to-back pickleball champion. Graf is a defending pickleball champion herself, while Roddick won the first pickleball slam event.
However, this match also featured a friends-turned-rivals theme. With Agassi and Roddick squaring off against one another, the pair were forced to break the bonds they'd created two years ago when the duo worked together to earn a $1 million purse after beating John McEnroe and Michael Chang in a winner-take-all doubles match at the first Pickleball Slam.
This time though, it wound up being the elder Agassi, with the help of his teammate Steffi Graf, who would walk away victorious. Here are the highlights.
Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf got the best of Andy Roddick and Genie Bouchard during this back-and-forth of their doubles match.
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Bouchard displayed her ability to be ambidextrous against Agassi and Graf to pick up a point for her and teammate Andy Roddick.
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Roddick was not pleased with the officials' call during his match against Agassi.
"It's a dumb rule," Roddick was heard yelling.
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TEAM AGASSI TAKES HOME THE WIN! 🏆🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/i9XJTeezw4
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Agassi is a back-to-back pickleball champ for a reason (or make that three-time reigning champ after today). After Graf dropped the second matchup, the winner was determined by the outcome of Roddick and Agassi's singles match. Agassi took care of business, taking down Roddick without much of a sweat, needing only one volley to secure the final point of the match.
Roddick might have wanted to earn the honor of back-to-back champ just as Agassi had secured last year, but alas, the 52-year-old Agassi remains atop the pickleball world for now.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Pickleball Slam 3 results: Agassi, Graf emerge victorious
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